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5 of 74 DOCUMENTS In the Matter of the Application of Independent Telecommunications Systems, Inc. dba ITS Communications and IXC Direct, a Michigan Corporation, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide InterLATA and IntraLATA Telecommunications Service in California as a Switchless Reseller Decision 03-10-065; Application 03-07-023 California Public Utilities Commission 2003 Cal. PUC LEXIS 527 July 17, 2003, Filed; October 22, 2003, Dated PANEL: [*1] WILLIAM AHERN, Executive Director OPINIONBY: AHERN OPINION: OPINION Independent Telecommunications Systems, Inc., dba ITS Communications and IXC Direct, a Michigan corporation, filed an application on July 17, 2003, for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide inter - and intra- local access and transport area services in California as a non -dominant interexchange carrier. This application was filed pursuant to the registration process adopted in Decision (D.) 97-06-107 and related decisions. The applicant was qualified to use the registration process, complied with the filing requirements for a registration application, and there were no protests to the application. The applicant was qualified to and requested an exemption from tariffmg requirements. Applicant also agreed to abide by the consumer protection rules adopted in D. 98-08-031, as modified from time to time. Therefore, pursuant to the authority granted to the Executive Director by Decision 97- 08-050, the applicant should be granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity to provide this service. This is an uncontested matter in which the decision grants the relief requested. Accordingly, pursuant to Public [*2] Utilities Code section 311(g)(2), the otherwise applicable 30-day period for public review and comment is being waived. Findings of Fact 1. The application was filed on July 17, 2003, and appeared in the Commission's Daily Calendar on July 21, 2003. 2. There were no timely protests to the application. 3. The applicant was qualified to and requested an exemption from tariffing requirements. Applicant also agreed to abide by the consumer protection rules adopted in D. 98-08-031, as modified from time to time. Conclusions of Law 1. Applicant should be granted the requested certificate of public convenience and necessity subject to the conditions in the attached appendices. 2. Applicant should be granted an exemption from the requirement to file tariffs. ORDER IT IS ORDERED that: