4901:1-6-15 Commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) provisions.

(A) Registration

Facilities-based CMRS providers are required to file a zero-day notice in a radio common carrier (RCC) filing with the commission utilizing the telecommunications application form adopted herein that provides:

(1) The company’s name.

(2) The company’s address.

(3) A contact person.

(4) A service description.

(5) Evidence of registration with the Ohio secretary of state.

(6) Evidence of notice to the Ohio department of taxation, public utilities tax division, of its intent to provide service.

(B) Change in operations

Any changes in a facilities-based CMRS provider’s operations (i.e., mergers, abandonment, transfers, name changes, and changes in ownership) require a zero-day notice to the commission for identification purposes utilizing an up-to-date version of the commission’s telecommunications application form providing the necessary RCC case designation code.

(C) Assessment report

CMRS providers are required to submit, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the commission, an annual assessment report and to pay the prescribed annual assessment for the maintenance of the commission. A copy of the form is available on the commission’s web site or from the commission’s fiscal division.

(D) 9-1-1 and universal service funding

The commission may take whatever actions it deems appropriate with respect to CMRS providers as it relates to 9-1-1 and universal service funding, consistent with state and federal law and the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Replaces: 4901:1-6-16

Effective: 09/18/2007

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 05/31/2012

Promulgated Under: 111.15

Statutory Authority: 4901.13

Rule Amplifies: 4901.13, 4927.03

Prior Effective Dates: 4/8/03