2. Background

Dollar Phone Enterprise, Inc., d/b/a DPE (Applicant), a New York corporation authorized to operate in California as a foreign corporation, has applied for a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) authorizing the company to provide resold interexchange services in the state of California. Currently, Applicant holds a registration license authorizing operations as a resold interexchange carrier in this state.¹ Applicant provides prepaid card plans that allow customers to pay a fixed dollar amount in advance for long distance telephone calls.

Applicant's principal place of business is located in Brooklyn, New York.

¹ In Decision (D.) 09-03-004, the Commission granted Applicant a registration license authorizing operations as a resold interexchange carrier in this state, pursuant to the Commission's expedited registration process. Applicant now wishes to obtain a CPCN.