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SS7 signaling technology,9 (3) offer CLASS services,10 (4) save in
order to provide increased local telephone services in the event
the proposed Indiana airport was built in or near NITCO's service
area, (5) save for expansion of NITCO's principal office
facilities, or (6) purchase a computer to meet its alleged office
equipment needs. Subsequently, on August 4, 1992, the Court
granted respondent's motion to compel NITCO to answer the
interrogatories and issued an order requiring NITCO to answer the
interrogatories on or before September 4, 1992.
It was not until about December 1992 that NITCO first
advised respondent of its alleged plans, during the years in
issue, to: (1) Save in order to provide increased telephone
services in the event the proposed Indiana airport was built, and
(2) save for an expansion of its principal office facilities.
Similarly, it was not until November 1993 that NITCO first
advised respondent that its alleged office equipment needs during
the years in issue included a billing and collections computer.
9SS7 signaling technology uses a data network separate from
the voice network to carry information about telephone call setup
and accounting.
10CLASS services are a group of telecommunication services
consisting of selective call forwarding, selective call
rejection, distinctive ringing, customer originated trace,
automatic callback, automatic recall, and calling number delivery
and calling number delivery blocking.
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