Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
[Comment: For dates of references to a section of either the
United States Code or a regulation in the code of federal regulations see rule
4901:1-6-02 of the
Administrative Code.]
(A) Competitive
eligible telecommunication carrier (CETC)
Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 214(e),
upon request and consistent with the public interest, convenience, and
necessity, the commission may, upon application, designate a CETC where that
applicant meets the requirements of
47 U.S.C.
214,
47 C.F.R.
54.201(d) and
47 C.F.R.
54.202. The commission may subject such
designation of CETC authority to additional conditions consistent with the
public interest, convenience, and necessity.
(B) In order to be designated a CETC pursuant
to 47 U.S.C.
214(e),
an entity
has to provide the following:
(1)
An application with the commission
demonstrating its compliance with all federal and state CETC and lifeline
requirements pursuant to 47
C.F.R. 54.201 to
209, rule
4901:6-19 of the
Administrative Code, where applicable, and this rule.
(2)
The most up-to-date
telecommunications filing form and
include all completed exhibits as required by the filing form. Commission staff
will maintain a current, updated copy of the CETC
filing form with the list of CETC required exhibits. The most recent version of
the form will be posted on the commission's website. An application for CETC
designation is filed as a TP-UNC case purpose code
which is not subject to an automatic approval process.
Rather, a CETC designation can be granted only by a commission order approving
such request.
(C)
Eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) reporting requirements
Compliance by all ETCs, i.e., incumbent local exchange
carrier ETCs and CETCs with the following annual reporting requirements
is necessary in order to be eligible for federal
universal service funding in any given year:
(1) No later than August thirty-first of each
year, an ETC receiving high cost funding files an affidavit with the
commission stating that all federal high-cost support provided to the carrier
for service areas in Ohio will be used only for the provision, maintenance, and
upgrading of facilities and services for which the support was intended
pursuant to 47 U.S.C.
254(e).
(2) No later than January thirty-first of
each year, or a date otherwise designated by the universal service
administration company (USAC), an ETC receiving lifeline support
files a completed copy of the federal communications
commission (FCC) annual lifeline certification and verification affidavit, that
is submitted to USAC, with the commission.
(D) Revocation or relinquishment of ETC
designation
(1) The commission may revoke,
consistent with commission and FCC rules and regulations, an ETC designation if
it finds that the company has failed to comply with any state or federal ETC
requirements, including the failure to pay all corresponding
assessments.
(2) An ETC may seek to
relinquish its ETC designation for an area pursuant to
47 C.F.R.
54.205 through the filing of a nonautomatic
application with the commission under the case purpose code TP-UNC. An ETC will
not be relieved of its ETC designation until the commission issues an order
granting the request.
