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56 of 74 DOCUMENTS In the Matter of the Application of IXC Long Distance, Inc. for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Provide Resale Telecommunications Services within California Decision No. 95-10-007, Application No. 95-03-055 (Filed March 24, 1995) California Public Utilities Commission 1995 Cal. PUC LEXIS 795; 61 CPUC2d 643 October 5, 1995 PANEL: [*I] Daniel Wm. Fessler, President; P. Gregory Conlon, Jessie J. Knight, Jr., Henry M. Duque, Commissioners OPINION: OPINION IXC Long Distance, Incorporated (IXC or applicant), a Delaware corporation, qualified to do business in California, seeks a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) under Public Utilities (PU) Code § 1001 to permit it to resell interLATA telephone services in California and to resell intraLATA telephone service under the terms for intraLATA competition permitted by this Commission. nl Applicant wishes to resell interLATA, intraLATA toll, intrastate WATS and MTS type long distance services. IXC will not offer debit cards, nor will it offer alternative operator services. nl California is divided into ten Local Access and Transport Areas (LATAs) of various sizes, each containing numerous local telephone exchanges. "InterLATA" describes services, revenues, and functions that relate to telecommunications originating in one LATA and terminating in another. "IntraLATA" describes services, revenues, and functions that relate to telecommunications originating and terminating within a single LATA. By Decision (D.) 84-01-037 (14 CPUC2d 317 (1984)) and later [*2] decisions, we authorized interLATA entry generally. However, we limited the authority conferred to interLATA service; and we subjected the applicants to the condition that they not hold D.94-09-065, we authorized competitive intraLATA services effective January 1, 1995, for carriers meeting specified criteria. The Commission has established two major criteria for determining whether a CPCN should be granted. An applicant who is a switchless reseller n2 must demonstrate that it has a minimum of $ 25,000 of cash or cash equivalent (as described in D.91-10-041, Appendix A, Paragraph 5.1; 41 CPUC2d 505 at 519), reasonably liquid and readily available to meet the firm's start-up expenses. Such applicants shall also document any deposits required by local exchange companies or interexchange carriers (IECs) and demonstrate that they have additional resources to cover all such deposits. (D.93-05-010.) In addition, an applicant is required to make a reasonable showing of technical expertise in telecommunications or a related business. n2 D.93-05-010 defines a switchless reseller as a nondominant interexchange carrier (NDIEC) with the following characteristics: it uses the switch of another carrier; it usually, but not always, uses access circuits that the underlying carrier purchases from an LEC; it provides service in its own name, and its customers view it as their telephone company for interLATA and interstate calls. D.92-06-069 noted that it is possible to control,