2. Background
On September 3, 2008, the Commission's Consumer Protection & Safety Division (CPSD) protested the application based on a concern that Saturn Telecommunication Services, Inc., d/b/a STS Telecom's (Applicant) regulatory record in other states reveals instances of regulatory infractions and argued that such infractions raise concerns as to Applicant's overall fitness to provide services in California as a non-dominant interexchange carrier and to comply with all of the regulatory mandates. On November 12, 2008, CPSD withdrew its protest, stating that Applicant has provided satisfactory explanations concerning CPSD's concerns regarding its regulatory infractions1 and therefore CPSD no longer had concerns regarding Applicant's fitness to provide service. There has been no other opposition to the application.
1 Saturn explained that between 2004 and 2007, it had been cited and assessed minor penalties for the late filing of reports in two cases. In one case, Saturn inadvertently failed to file a report in North Carolina, but immediately resolved the deficiency and experienced no other infractions thereafter. Saturn also experienced a delay in its audit completion in Florida that in turn resulted in delayed filing of the resulting report; however, Saturn diligently remained in contact with the regulatory agency and notified it of the anticipated delay, and filed the report as soon as the delayed audit was completed. Saturn also had allowed its registration in Oregon to lapse as it decided not to operate in that state, but is now aware that it should proactively cancel its registration in such circumstances.
