Tom Tovar (3.7.07)
http://www.convergedigest.com/Bandwidth/newnetworksarticle.asp?ID=20786
The FCC has passed a petition that will allow CLECs to connect with ILECs.
http://www.convergedigest.com/Bandwidth/newnetworksarticle.asp?ID=20786
The FCC has passed a petition that will allow CLECs to connect with ILECs.
Opens up choice and potential for broadband voice communications.
FCC granted a petition from Time Warner petition that clarifies rules of how voice traffic can be exchanged between broadband providers and the PSTN. By granting the petition, the FCC affirmed that competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) are entitled to interconnect with incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) pursuant to section 251 of the Telecommunications Act for the purpose of exchanging traffic on behalf of VoIP-based service providers.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin stated: "Our decision will enhance consumers' choice for phone service by making clear that cable and other VoIP providers must be able to use local phone numbers and be allowed to put calls through to other phone networks."
Other noteworthy aspects of the ruling:
- It doesn't apply directly to VoIP providers, therefore not giving them their own interconnection rights, but CLECs can provide them wholesale interconnection.
- CLECs must provide number portability to VoIP providers.
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