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FCC Eliminates
Novation to Sell Corvisa to ShoreTel
l Required sharing of newly-deployed ILEC
entrance conduits
Dated Phone
l No sharing required for new entrance Novation Companies, Inc. announced
a provider of hosted phone systems and uni ed
conduits in new developments (green elds), that it is selling Corvisa LLC to ShoreTel,
communications solutions.
where competitors have equal opportunity to Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOR). ShoreTel will pay
“ShoreTel’s backing and strong market position
Industry Rules
build
$8.5 million in cash to acquire 100% of the will signi cantly expand the opportunities for
l Sharing of newly deployed entrance outstanding membership interests of Corvisa. Corvisa and the technologies that have been
conduit in existing developments (brown elds) e transaction is expected to close early in 2016 built,” said Rodney Schwatken, CEO of Novation.
still required, given the advantages the and is subject to customary closing conditions. “ e sale is good news for Novation as it allows
Moving to eliminate regulatory burdens that incumbent LECs enjoy in these situations.
Corvisa provides cloud communications the company to signi cantly reduce its net
can sti e investment, while maintaining core For more information about forbearance solutions for businesses. Corvisa’s products cash out ow and re-allocate resources to focus
protections for consumers and competition,
petitions, visit https://www.fcc.gov/wireline- include contact center so ware, business phone on areas that align with the Board’s strategic
the Federal Communications Commission competition/competition-policy-division/ systems and connectivity services along with a direction.” More at www.novationcompanies.com
today voted to no longer enforce multiple dated forbearance/general/forbearance n
proprietary development platform. ShoreTel is
and www.shoretel.com n
rules governing legacy local phone companies,
known as incumbent local exchange carriers, or
ILECs.
e FCC granted full or partial forbearance
from most of the categories of rules covered by
a petition for forbearance led by U.S. Telecom,
an industry trade association. A number of
these rules were pre-conditions to the ability of
the former “Baby Bell” telephone companies to
o er long distance telephone service, a process
that was completed over a decade ago. With
the long distance service market very di erent
today than it was then, these rules generally no Omni Channel Agent Desktop
longer are necessary to protect consumers or
competition.
However, the FCC maintained rules still
needed to ensure that consumers in rural ContactPro
areas and low-income consumers have access
to a ordable phone service. And it preserved
rules that continue to protect competition in
the market for telecommunications services to certified for Avaya EMC
businesses and other enterprises.
e Order eliminates (grants forbearance certified for Avaya Interaction Center
from):
certified for Avaya AES
l 1990s-era rules that governed the entry of
the Baby Bell local phone companies into the Integrates easily with CRM
long-distance marketplace – rules that largely
are irrelevant and duplicative in today’s changed Avaya Presence Integration
marketplace
l 1980s “equal access” rules protecting stand- Avaya EDP Integration for Video, Chat and CoBrowsing
alone residential long-distance, a product that is
disappearing
Avaya POM for Outbound Management
l Equal access “grandfathered” for remaining
subscribers to stand-alone long-distance, WebReporter and Dashboard
although ILECs may seek permission to
eliminate equal access for these customers if
they can demonstrate how the consumers will
be protected
l Outmoded requirements from the 1980s Meet the Experts
and 1990s that required ILECs to provide access
to their networks for competitive providers of
“enhanced services” such as voice mail and fax – cct-solutions.com
subject to a discontinuance process to ensure a
smooth transition.
l Costly, rarely used rule requiring ILECs sales@cct-solutions.com
to provide a voice-grade channel (64 Kbps) on
ber networks for use by other providers
e Order does not eliminate (denies
forbearance from):
l Obligation to provide voice service to
consumers living in rural areas at a ordable
rates
Prohibition of using “contract tari s” for
business data services in areas not previously
deemed to be competitive
l FCC is engaged in business data services
reform, which could result in lower prices and
more competition Safeguards for enterprise
stand-alone long-distance, protecting
competition in this market, which has di erent
characteristics than the consumer market

e Order partially eliminates: (grants
partial forbearance from):