Cost Separations

Cost Separations is one of the most complex parts of doing business as a regulated telecommunications services provider. A good telecom consultant takes cost recovery issues into account when making recommendations to a telco. CHR’s Separations professionals have years of experience in this field. CHR also offers a number of separations-related services:

+ FCC and State Issues

  1. Support regulatory efforts in state and federal rulemaking proceedings
  2. Research, review and recommend action related to new rules
  3. Complete and assist with FCC data requests

+ Continuing Property Records (CPRs)

  1. Analyze and categorize Central Office Equipment and Cable & Wire Facilities CPRs in accordance with Part 32 and 36
  2. Review company prepared CPRs for usage and categorization

+ NECA Pooling Administration Average Schedule Settlements

  1. Annual and Quarterly USF submissions
  2. Monthly reporting of Data Month Estimates (DME) and Data Month Adjustments (DMA)
  3. Client-specific separations studies
  4. Client representation and coordination with NECA
  5. Ongoing analysis of settlement trends
  6. Forecast coordination with NECA and Participation on NECA USF Task Force

+ Average Schedule Settlements

  1. Monthly reporting to NECA
  2. Line haul settlement reviews/updates
  3. CABS and settlement reviews
  4. Cost conversion feasibility studies

+ Company-specific Interstate Traffic Sensitive Tariffs

  1. Access rate development
  2. Filing with the FCC

+ Other Specialized Cost Studies

  1. TELRIC cost studies, Proxy modeling and CMRS cost studies

+ Network Analysis

  1. Analyze financial impacts of proposed network upgrades and advanced services (DSL, Video, packet switching)
  2. EAS/ELC Studies
  3. Traffic analysis and trunking capacity