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CERTIFICATION CHECKLIST
The following
information will be needed to begin preparation of necessary applications and
associated tariffs. All information provided by the company would be treated as
proprietary and confidential by ISG-Telecom Consultants. Please be aware,
however, that once an application and tariff are filed with a regulatory agency,
these documents become public documents, and are generally available to the
public, pursuant to each agencies’ rules or state statute, unless confidential
treatment or proprietary data is sought. [1]
From time to time, additional information may be required, and will be
requested, as it is needed.
Corporate
Data:
1.
The
company’s legal name, address and telephone/facsimile numbers;
2.
Article
of Incorporation;
3.
Date of
Incorporation;
4.
Copies of
evidence to transact business as a foreign corporation filed with the Secretary
of State in each state, if applicable;
5.
Listing
of Officers and Directors, including addresses and titles;
6.
Listing
of owners, owners’ addresses and percentage of ownership, number of stocks
issued. Also please provide a list of any affiliated interests, if applicable;
7.
Biographical
data or resumes of the company’s senior managers, highlighting managerial and
telecommunications experience;
8.
Identification
of who is authorized to sign documents for the company;
9.
Name,
address and contact of company’s registered agent;
10. Name,
address, telephone and facsimile numbers of the individual who will act as
liaison with ISG-Telecom Consultants, if different from the person named in item
9;
11. Most
recent summarized income statement and complete balance sheet (Past 2 years).
12. Company
letterhead (either electronically of 3 hard copies).
13. FEIN
number
14. Certificate
of Foreign Authority
15. Certificate
of good standing for corporation
16. Tax Exemption for both Federal and State(s).
Service
Information:
1.
A
description of proposed services and associated recurring and non-recurring
rates;
2.
Minimum
initial billing increment and additional billing increments for each service;
i.e. 18 second initial billing increment and 6 second increments thereafter for
800 service;
3.
Proposed
service area (if not state-wide);
4.
A list of
underlying carriers and services purchased;
5.
Customer
service procedures for refunds, credits and time of operation including
emergency or after hour’s procedures for processing customer service calls.
Please include customer service telephone numbers;
6.
A
description of how bills will be rendered and collection procedures, if
applicable;
7.
Will the
company provide operator services (e.g. third party billing)?
8.
If
offering “1+” services, will the company collect advanced payments or
deposits and if so, what are the deposits/advanced payments policies?
9.
If
offering prepaid calling card services, when are subscribers reminded that the
account is to be depleted?
10. How
are the company’s services marketed (e.g. in-house sales staff, independent
agents, a combination of both, network marketing, etc)?
Notes: several
documents will require notarization. The company should, therefore have access
to a notary public.
[1] Some states have adopted “sunshine” laws, which prevent applicants from requesting confidential treatment of proprietary data.