Interstate, Interexchange Marketplace; and Implementation of Section 254(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, as Amended

Résumé

In the light of the passage of the 1996 Act, changes in the interexchange market over the past decade, and the recent reclassification of AT&T as a non-dominant carrier, the Commission is issuing this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``Notice'' or ``NPRM'') seeking comment on possible changes in the regulatory treatment of interstate, interexchange telecommunications service providers. Specifically, the Notice tentatively concludes that, as required by the forbearance provision in Section 10 of the Communications Act, as amended, the Commission must forbear from applying Section 203 tariff filing requirements to non-dominant interexchange carriers for domestic services. The Notice tentatively concludes that the Commission's proposed detariffing policy should be implemented on a mandatory basis. The Notice seeks comment on whether the Commission should forbear, with respect to non-dominant carriers that file bundled domestic and international tariffs, from requiring such carriers to file tariffs for the international portions of their service offerings as well.