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 Federal  Communications  Commission  FCC  03-  142 
 SEPARATE  STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONER  JONATHAN  S.  ADELSTEIN 


 Re:  Application  by  Qwest  Communications  International,  Inc.,  for  Authorization  to  Provide  In-  Region,  InterLATA  Services  in  Minnesota  (WC  Docket  No.  03-  90) 
 Today  we  grant  Qwest  authority  to  provide  in-  region,  interLATA  service  originating  in  the  state  of  Minnesota.  I  approve  this  Order  and  commend  the  Minnesota  Public  Utilities 
 Commission  and  our  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  for  all  of  their  hard  work.  I  also  congratulate  Qwest  on  achieving  this  goal. 


 Although  I  approve  authorization  for  Qwest  to  provide  in-  region,  interLATA  services  in  Minnesota,  I  must  express  concern  about  the  previously  unfiled  agreements  that  have 
 been  brought  to  our  attention  in  this  proceeding. 
 The  Telecommunications  Act  anticipated  transparency  in  the  relationships  between  the  competitive  LECs  and  the  ILECs.  If  we  don’t  know  what  arrangements  are  being  made 
 among  the  carriers  for  the  purposes  of  interconnection,  we  do  not  have  the  transparency  that  is  integral  to  one  of  the  purposes  of  the  Act. 


 Section  271(  d)(  6)  of  the  Communications  Act  is  meant  to  ensure  that  each  carrier  that  is  granted  Section  271  approval  continues  to  satisfy  the  requirements  on  which  such 
 approval  is  based.  We  will  not  be  reticent  about  using  our  enforcement  authority  to  ensure  that  all  carriers  remain  compliant. 
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