Comments Sought on Draft of Telecommunications Model License Agreement

WASHINGTON, DC-Efforts are underway to help multi-tenanted office buildings receive telecommunications service faster. Real Access Alliance, an association formed to ensure free market competition among telecommunications companies, recently released a draft model license agreement covering terms and conditions for access by telecommunications providers to multi-tenanted office buildings. The alliance is seeking input on the draft from a wide range of companies and industry associations, especially those serving the telecommunications and real estate markets.

The 48-page draft model license agreement, which is posted at http://www.realaccess.org, grew out of a pledge to the Federal Communications Commission by the Alliance and 12 of the largest real estate companies to take specific, voluntary steps to speed up tenant access to telecom providers of their choice.