Conclusions of Law

1. Wavecom should be granted a CPCN to provide interLATA and intraLATA interexchange services and competitive local exchange services as a reseller in the service territories of AT&T, Verizon, Frontier, and SureWest, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Ordering Paragraphs.

2. Wavecom, once granted a CPCN, should be subject to the applicable Commission rules, decisions, General Orders, and statutes that pertain to California public utilities.

3. Wavecom's initial tariff filing should correct the tariff deficiencies shown in Attachment A to this decision.

4. Wavecom's motion to file material under seal should be granted, material under seal should not be made accessible or disclosed to anyone other than the Commission and its staff for two years, except upon further order or ruling of the Commission, the assigned Commissioner, the assigned Administrative Law.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that:

1. A Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity is granted to Wavecom Solutions Corporation, to provide interLATA and intraLATA interexchange services and competitive local exchange services as a reseller in the service territories of Pacific Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T California, Verizon California Inc., Citizens Telecommunications Company of California, Inc, d/b/a/ Frontier Communications Company of California, and SureWest Telephone, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.

2. Wavecom Solutions Corporation may not offer the services authorized in this decision until tariffs are filed with and authorized by this Commission, in accordance with General Order 96-B and as corrected for deficiencies set forth in Attachment A.

3. The corporate identification number assigned to Wavecom Solutions Corporation, U7217C, must be included in the caption of all original filings with this Commission, and in the titles of other pleadings filed in existing cases.

4. In addition to all the requirements applicable to competitive local exchange carriers and interexchange carriers included in Attachments B, C, and D to this decision, Wavecom Solutions Corporation is subject to the Consumer Protection Rules contained in General Order 168, and all applicable Commission rules, decisions, General Orders, and statutes that pertain to California public utilities.

5. Wavecom Solutions Corporation is a nondominant carrier, subject to the Commission rules and regulations as detailed in Decision (D.) 85-01-008 and modified in D.85-07-081 and D.85-11-044.

6. Wavecom Solutions Corporation must file, in this docket, a written acceptance of the certificate granted in this proceeding within 30 days of the effective date of this order.

7. Wavecom Solutions Corporation must file and pay a regulatory assessment fee (known as the User Fee) under Public Utilities Code Sections 401-405. Carriers that are in default of filing and paying user fees for a period of 30 days or more will be subject to penalties including suspension or revocation of their authority to operate in California. Instructions for filing and paying are available at: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/Telco/Consumer+Information/userfee.htm

For questions regarding User Fee filing, please call (415) 703-2470.

8. Wavecom Solutions Corporation is required to report and remit CPUC program surcharges online using the Telecommunications & User Fees Filing System (TUFFS) and the California State Agency Electronic Funds Transfer System on a monthly or semi-annual basis.2 To request a user ID and password, please contact the CPUC by email at: Telco_surcharge@cpuc.ca.gov.

9. Prior to initiating service, Wavecom Solutions Corporation must provide the Commission's Consumer Affairs Branch with the name and address of its designated contact person(s) for purposes of resolving consumer complaints. This information must be updated if the name or telephone number changes, or at least annually.

10. Wavecom Solutions Corporation must notify the Director of the Communications Division in writing of the date that local exchange service is

first rendered to the public, no later than five days after service first begins.

11. Wavecom Solutions Corporation must file an affiliate transaction report with the Director of the Communications Division, in compliance with Decision 93-02-019, on a calendar-year basis with the information contained in Attachment D.

12. Wavecom Solutions Corporation must file an annual report with the Director of the Communications Division, in compliance with General Order 104-A, on a calendar-year basis with the information contained in Attachment C to this decision.

13. Wavecom Solutions Corporation must file a tariff within 12 months of the effective date of this order, or its certificate will be cancelled.

14. Wavecom's request to file materials under seal is granted, materials under seal shall not be made accessible or disclosed to anyone other than the Commission and its staff for two years, except upon further order or ruling of the Commission, the assigned Commissioner, the assigned Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), or the ALJ then designated as Law and Motion Judge

15. Application 11-03-025 is closed.

This order is effective today.

Dated October 6, 2011, at Los Angeles, California.

2 Please refer to de minimis rule explained under the instructions for filing in the Commission's website http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/Telco/Information+for+providing+service/Surcharge+Remittance.htm.

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