TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS UPDATE: SERVICE-BASED EXPERIMENTS
June 13, 2014
Data Collection and Analysis
• FCC procurement will select 3rd-party expert
• Will assist in, inter alia
– developing methodology
– data collection
– data analysis
• Scalable to other experiments and contexts
AT&T Proposal – Trial Wire Centers
Proposed Retail Replacements
U-verse
• Voice (VoIP)
• High-Speed Internet
Wireless Home Phone
• Voice
• 4G LTE Broadband
Other • 4% in Carbon
Hill TBD
POTS
AT&T’s Announced Plans: Nationwide
AT&T’s Trial Proposal: Kings Point
AT&T’s Trial Proposal: Carbon Hill
Points to be Developed for Retail Trial
• Wireless Home Phone
– Analog data features
– ALI for E911
– TTY accessibility & compatibility
– Price and data allowances
• Wireless Business product
• GETS capability for interconnected VoIP; WPS
• Replacements for 4% of Carbon Hill living units
Possible AT&T Wholesale Trial
• State of the record
– During initial phases, AT&T commits to maintain wholesale access.
– AT&T intends to seek permission in future for wholesale trial
– Focal point for many commenters
“We further expect that any proposal of an ongoing [wholesale] experiment would . . . offer to replace wholesale inputs with services that offer substantially similar wholesale access to the applicant’s network.”
- Tech Transitions Order at ¶ 59
Status of Proposal: “Phase 0”
0
• Started on Feb. 27, 2014; Initial outreach, planning
• No impact on customers’ options
1
• Grandfathering of existing retail accounts
• Preceded by Section 214(a) applications and public process
2
• Sunsetting of existing retail accounts
• Preceded by Section 214(a) applications and public process
Other Activities
Rural Experiments
Numbering Testbed
Consumer Data Initiative
Public Safety Tech Transitions
Workshop
Targeted Research for persons w/ disabilities
Rural Broadband Workshop
IP-based Relay Services
Workshop