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To: Sharck who started this subject	7/16/2001 10:22:13 AM
From: Softechie	of 37746

TELECOMMUNICATIONS 7/16/01 CLECs - Telecom Services -- CLECs FCC Clarifies CLEC Co-location Rights; No Significant Surprises On Thursday, July 12, the FCC adopted rules dealing with co-location requirements within ILEC central offices. The ruling, which we had been expecting, essentially clarifies and secures CLEC's ability to co-locate key equipment required for interconnection with ILEC networks. The FCC made three primary rulings as follows: 1) CLECs may co-locate equipment necessary for interconnection or access to UNEs (unbundled network elements) including advanced switching and routing equipment but excluding traditional circuit switches; 2) ILECs are not required to allow CLECs to interconnect directly to other CLECs but are required to provide the interconnection themselves; and 3) ILECs are not required to allow CLECs to pick the physical co-location space within a CO themselves but still must provide the space on a nondiscriminatory basis. Despite the clarification of many prior ambiguities regarding co-location rules, some inevitable ambiguities remain. We see no noticeable impact on the pace of CLEC share gains. Co-location and, especially, unbundling remains a process fraught with logistical/executional complexity.

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