9th Circ. Affirms AT&T Competitor-Rate Decision

By Shannon Henson

Law360, New York (March 04, 2010, 6:34 PM ET) -- A federal appellate court has affirmed a lower court's approval of a California Public Utilities Commission decision regarding the rates that AT&T California can charge rival carriers to lease equipment for the purpose of interconnection.

In a decision Thursday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the CPUC was right to say Pacific Bell Telephone Co., which does business as AT&T California, should lease entrance facilities to competitor carriers at total element long run incremental cost rates for the...
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