nondiscriminatory access to advanced ACR/ALJ Ruling re: services. Outstanding Motions, expert witnesses also submitted May 3, 2016. TURN’s testimony stating that the Commission ALJ Ruling re: Carrier must take a broad approach to its Motions for Reconsideration investigation, including all voice and and to Stay, May 5, 2016. broadband providers, to gain a clear Scoping Ruling (July 1, 2016), of “snapshot” today’s communications pp. 1-3. marketplace. Final Decision: The ALJ, Assigned Commissioner, and full Commission ultimately rejected p. 3 (voice market is tied to the each of the motions regarding carriers’ broadband market in a number scope and jurisdiction, including of ways). requests for interlocutory appeal to the p. 29 (Commission will full Commission. examine markets and services Decision makers agreed with TURN that including voice, broadband, the relevant jurisdiction, Commission’s wholesale and retail, mobile, along with the scope of this docket, landline and fixed wireline should be defined broadly across technologies). technologies and corporate entities. The COL 1 (continued statutory July 1, 2016 Scoping Memo explicitly obligation to ensure just and voice market noted that, “The landline reasonable charges and cannot be understood without services). understanding the telecommunications ecosystem as a including digital whole,” COL 6, 7- Commission services and devices. policies must encourage wide choice of advanced The Final Decision agreed that voice and telecommunications services. broadband markets are inextricably linked and, as a result, the COL 11 (Telecommunications investigation must Commission’s markets extend to all types of encompass all relevant “submarkets” services and technologies). and services offered over a variety of communications technologies. OII, pp. 2, 10, 14-15. Verified 4.Document Production The data responses to the ALJ Ruling Adopting carriers’ OII’s Information Requests were at the core of Protective Order, the record in this proceeding. March 4, 2016.
nondiscriminatory access to advanced services. TURN’s expert witnesses also submitted testimony stating that the Commission must take a broad approach to its investigation, including all voice and broadband providers, to gain a clear “snapshot” of today’s communications marketplace. The ALJ, Assigned Commissioner, and full Commission ultimately rejected each of the carriers’ motions regarding scope and jurisdiction, including requests for interlocutory appeal to the full Commission. Decision makers agreed with TURN that the Commission’s relevant jurisdiction, along with the scope of this docket, should be defined broadly across technologies and corporate entities. The July 1, 2016 Scoping Memo explicitly noted that, “The landline voice market cannot be understood without understanding the telecommunications ecosystem as a whole,” including digital services and devices. The Final Decision agreed that voice and broadband markets are inextricably linked and, as a result, the Commission’s investigation must encompass all relevant “submarkets” and services offered over a variety of communications technologies. ACR/ALJ Ruling re: Outstanding Motions, May 3, 2016. ALJ Ruling re: Carrier Motions for Reconsideration and to Stay, May 5, 2016. Scoping Ruling (July 1, 2016), pp. 1-3. Final Decision: p. 3 (voice market is tied to the broadband market in a number of ways). p. 29 (Commission will examine markets and services including voice, broadband, wholesale and retail, mobile, landline and fixed wireline technologies). COL 1 (continued statutory obligation to ensure just and reasonable charges and services). COL 6, 7- Commission policies must encourage wide choice of advanced telecommunications services. COL 11 (Telecommunications markets extend to all types of services and technologies). 4.Document Production The carriers’ data responses to the OII’s Information Requests were at the core of the record in this proceeding. OII, pp. 2, 10, 14-15. ALJ Ruling Adopting Protective Order, March 4, 2016. Verified
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