2. Background

On August 4, 2010, Appia Communications, Inc. (Appia), (a Michigan corporation authorized to operate in California as a foreign corporation), filed an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to provide resold and limited facilities-based telecommunications services on a detariffed basis in the service territories of Pacific Bell Telephone d/b/a AT&T California (AT&T), Verizon California Inc. (Verizon), Citizens Telecommunications Company of California, Inc (Citizens), and SureWest Communications (SureWest), and provide non-dominant interexchange service on a detariffed basis in California.

Notice of Application (A.) 10-08-004 appeared on the Commission's Daily Calendar on August 10, 2010.

On August 30, 2010, the assigned Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued Administrative Law Judge Ruling Requiring Applicant to File a Response to Information Request Within 10 Days (Ruling), to which Appia filed a response on September 10, 2010. On August 4 and September 10, Appia filed motions for leave to file selected portions of its application and response to the Ruling as confidential materials under seal. On September 17, 2010, Appia filed a motion to accept a late-filed response to the Ruling, which the assigned ALJ granted. Appia's principal place of business is located at 1030 Hastings Street, Suite 100, Traverse City, Michigan 49686. Appia proposes to provide local exchange and interexchange service such as business lines, Direct Inward Dialing, Digital Signal 1, and other similar services. Appia proposes to provide these services primarily to small and mid-size businesses operating in California.