ALJ/DOT/eap DRAFT Item 8
8/23/2001
Decision DRAFT DECISION OF ALJ DUDA (Mailed 8/10/2001)
BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of the Application of Cable & Wireless (U 5056 C) for Approval to Withdraw its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide Resold Local Exchange Service and to Discontinue Provisioning Resold Local Exchange Service.
Application 01-06-036
(Filed June 8, 2001)
O P I N I O N
I. Introduction
Cable & Wireless U.S.A., Inc.1 ("Cable & Wireless," or the "Company") filed an application on June 8, 2001, pursuant to Pub. Util. Code § 2889.3 and General Order (GO) 96-A, requesting authority from the California Public Utilities Commission ("Commission") to withdraw its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ("CPCN") to provide resold local exchange service to residential customers in the State of California. Despite its intent to discontinue local exchange service, Cable & Wireless plans to continue providing interexchange and intraLATA long distance service to California customers.
Cable & Wireless, a global telecommunications carrier, provides local exchange service, interexchange services and other enhanced internet protocol (IP) services. It was granted authority by the Commission to provide interexchange service in 1993 and a CPCN to provide local exchange services in 1996.1 The Company serves approximately 241 small to medium-sized business customers in cities throughout California using facilities of the underlying incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC).
Cable & Wireless requests the expedited treatment of this Application so that it may pursue other business opportunities that are more aligned with the Company's current business strategies.
1 Cable Wireless is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and has its principal place of business at 8219 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Virginia 22182.
1 See Decision (D.) 93-04-063 and D.96-02-072.
