IV. The Parties

ITC, a Delaware corporation qualified to transact business in California, was granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to operate as a reseller of inter- and intra-Local Access Transport Area (LATA) telecommunications service within California. This authority was granted pursuant to Decision (D.) 96-12-018, which assigned ITC its (U-5710-C) corporate identification number.

Applicant eGCS, a New Hampshire corporation, became qualified to transact business in California on November 4, 1999. Concurrent with the filing of this application, eGCS filed a registration statement to obtain its own CPCN for authority to provide facilities-based interLATA and intraLATA toll service within California. On March 30, 2000, eGCS was granted its requested CPCN and was assigned U-6337-C as its corporate identification number, pursuant to D.00-03-067. Subsequently, by letter of April 4, 2000 applicants clarified that eGCS intends to operate utilizing its corporate identification number and that ITC will take the necessary steps to terminate its corporate identification number following approval of the asset transfer.³