INTEREXCHANGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES (IXCs) |
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To provide intrastate telecommunications service in the State of Delaware, carriers must apply for and be granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ("CPCN") by the Commission. Specific requirements are contained in the revised Regulations Governing Intrastate Telecommunications Services and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers, approved by the Commission in PSC Order No. 5833, signed November 6, 2001. These regulations combine and revise rules initially developed in two separate proceedings, PSC Regulation Dockets No. 10 and No. 45. The Commission has created a checklist to assist carriers with completion of their CPCN application.
On August 9, 2005, in PSC Order No. 6690, the PSC proposed to amend Regulations 10 and 45 to allow telecommunications carriers to submit irrevocable stand-by Letters of Credit as a substitute for the filing of surety bonds currently required under Rule 4(f)(i) & (ii). An additional amendment to Rule 10 will also allow a "qualified carrier," one with less than $2,500,000 in annual gross intrastate revenues in the preceding year in certain cases, to forego filing most of the financial, merger, and transfer of control applications now required by 26 Del. C., Sections 215(a) & (b). These amendments were adopted by the Commission on February 7, 2006, by PSC Order No. 6839, effective March 10, 2006.
On January 15, 1991, in PSC Regulation Docket No. 20, the Commission signed Order No. 3232 which establishes minimum telephone service quality requirements for telecommunications carriers. These Regulations Governing the Minimum Service Requirements for the Provision of Telephone Service Within the State of Delaware address many telecommunications service issues, including: connection and disconnection of service, credit standards, billing, complaint response, record keeping, and quality of service.
- CPCN Checklist for IXCs
- Approved Intrastate Carriers (Note: Because a carrier is approved to serve, it does not mean that it is currently serving customers.)
