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C A L I F O R N I A L A W R E V I S I O N C O M M I S S I O N S T A F F M E M O R A N D U M
Study B-800 April 21, 1997
Memorandum 97-32
Public Utility Deregulation: Telecommunications Industry
This memorandum summarizes the current status of deregulation in the
telecommunications industry, and the input of stakeholders and the California
Public Utilities Commission on the need for code revisions. The material on the
current status of deregulation was prepared by Deborah Muns, of Stanford Law
School.
CURRENT STATUS OF DEREGULATION
Competition was virtually non-existent in the telecommunications industry
until the 1984 federal divestiture case broke up the AT&T monopoly on local and
long-distance telephone service. The divestiture occurred because AT&T had the
power, by virtue of its control of the local exchanges, to prevent competition in
the long distance market. See United States v. American Tel. and Tel. Co., 552 F.
Supp. 131, 162 (D.D.C. 1982). The consent decree (known as the Modification of
Final Judgment, or MFJ), allowed for competition in the long-distance market
and left the regulation — and deregulation — of local companies to the states.
The MFJ prohibited the local exchange carriers (LECs) that were created out
of the divestiture, including Pacific Bell in California, from providing long-
distance service between service areas known as Local Access and Transport
Areas (LATAs). LECs provide local exchange services and intraLATA toll. Local
exchange services include: access line, dial tone, local calling, directory
assistance, 911 emergency service, white page listing, and access to Interexchange
Carriers. The MFJ also prevented the LECs from providing video-programming
services. Although the LECs originally had monopolies on local exchange service
in certain service areas, this service was opened to competition in California in
1993.
In 1994, the California Legislature passed several bills designed to open all
telecommunication markets under the regulation of the California Public Utilities
Commission to competition by January 1, 1997. Assembly Bill 3720 directed PUC
to authorize fully open competition in the intrastate, interLATA
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telecommunications market, provided such competition was authorized by
federal law or court action. (Before the LECs created out of the divestiture could
compete in intraLATA markets, the MFJ needed to be amended, Congress
needed to pass legislation authorizing such competition, or the LEC needed to
obtain a waiver from the D.C. District Court.) One of the goals of AB 3720 was to
allow Pacific Bell into the intrastate long-distance market. In order to prevent
Pacific Bell from unfairly using its position as a LEC, AB 3720 required that the
opening of interLATA long-distance markets to Pacific Bell not precede the
opening of competition within the local exchange markets.
Competition in the local exchange markets raises difficult issues regarding the
provision and subsidy support of universal service: Competition makes the
mechanisms to ensure universal service less functional because the profits
available for the cross-subsidization of residential telephone service shrink. In
addition, when an LEC operates as a monopoly, only the LEC is eligible for
universal service support. But under a competitive scenario, multiple, competing
providers of residential local telephone service should all be eligible for universal
service support. Thus, AB 3643 directed PUC to study the definition and
provision of universal service to ensure the feasibility of competition in the local
exchange markets.
The Legislature also passed AB 3606 which directed PUC to permit any cable
television corporation or telecommunications corporation to enter local
telecommunications markets in the service territory of a local exchange telephone
corporation once that local exchange telephone corporation obtains the right to
offer cable television or video dialtone service within its service territory.
Congress replicated much of this legislation in 1996 in the Federal
Telecommunications Act. The Act was intended to effect competition in the
telecommunications market throughout the country. It opened all local exchange
markets to competition and removed the MFJ restrictions from companies such
as Pacific Bell that were created out of the divestiture, allowing those companies
to provide interLATA services under specified conditions. It also removed the
video-programming restrictions from the divestiture companies, enabling them
to enter the cable business, and directed the FCC to redefine universal service.
PUC is currently reviewing its policies to assure compliance with the Act.
California's telecommunication industry has undergone rapid change since
the state and federal legislation was enacted. Carriers are now authorized to
compete in the local exchange and to compete for intraLATA toll calls. But
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competition is only now developing in local telephone markets. And although
California's second largest LEC, GTE, now offers interLATA services, Pacific Bell,
California's largest LEC, does not.
Despite the steps that have been taken toward a competitive market, PUC still
retains a major regulatory role in the telecommunications industry. Its primary
functions include setting rates, implementing public goods programs, and
resolving customer complaints. In addition, PUC is currently examining the
technical, legal, and financial issues that must be resolved before competitors can
enter the market. Among the legal issues PUC must solve are those involving the
sale and resale of telephone services. Among the technical issues are how to
provide equal access to switching equipment and how to assign new phone
numbers.
INPUT OF STAKEHOLDERS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
PUC’s request for input on code revisions required by deregulation of the
telecommunications industry resulted in the following letters:
Exhibit pp.
1. California Telecommunications Coalition ......................... 1
AT&T Communications of CA
CalTel (CA Ass’n of Long Distance Telephone Co’s)
CA Cable Television Ass’n
MCI Telecommunications
Sprint Communications
Time-Warner AxS of CA
TURN (The Utility Reform Network)
2. GTE California .............................................. 4
3. Pacific Bell.................................................. 41
All of these correspondents filed responsive letters:
Exhibit pp.
4. CalTel (CA Ass’n of Long Distance Telephone Co’s) ................ 48
AT&T
MCI
Worldcom
Brooks Fiber
Frontier
Ameritel
GST Call America
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America Communications Network
HCC Telemanagement
Priority 1+ Long Dist. & Intercont. Telephone
5. California Telecommunications Coalition ......................... 52
AT&T Communications of CA
CalTel
CA Cable Television Ass’n
MCI Telecommunications
Time-Warner AxS of CA
TURN (The Utility Reform Network)
6. GTE California .............................................. 67
7. Pacific Bell.................................................. 72
We have attached a chart as Exhibit pp. 74-103, based on tables provided by
PUC, that shows by code section the conflicting views of the correspondents and
the preliminary reactions of PUC.
Respectfully submitted,
Nathaniel SterlingExecutive Secretary
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