ALJ/SMW/lil Date of Issuance 11/23/2010

Decision 10-11-023 November 19, 2010

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Application of Appia Communications, Inc. for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Authority to Provide Limited Facilities-Based and Resold Local Exchange Services in the service areas of AT&T, Verizon, SureWest, and Citizens and Limited Facilities-Based and Resold interexchange telecommunications services statewide.

Application 10-08-004 (Filed August 4, 2010)

DECISION GRANTING APPIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE RESOLD AND LIMITED FACILITIES-BASED LOCAL EXCHANGE AND INTEREXCHANGE SERVICE

1. Summary

Appia Communications, Inc. filed an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for authority to provide resold and limited facilities-based local exchange telecommunications services in the service territories of Pacific Bell Telephone d/b/a AT&T California, Verizon California Inc., Citizens Telecommunications Company of California, Inc, and SureWest Communications, and provide non-dominant interexchange service in California. Appia Communications, Inc. also requested that it be authorized to provide the requested services on a detariffed basis.

By this decision, we grant Appia Communications, Inc. a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide resold and limited facilities-based local exchange and non-dominant interexchange telecommunications services on a detariffed basis, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Ordering Paragraphs. This proceeding is closed.