For example, the Commission imposed dominant carrier regulation on Sprint's provision of U.S. international services on these two routes. At that time, dominant carriers had to obtain prior Section 214 authority to acquire and operate additional circuits. To meet the first milestone, the Commission required that U.S.-affiliated entities be allowed to develop alternative infrastructure networks to provide already liberalized services. The second milestone, basic switched voice resale, involves voice services offered to the public using the facilities of an underlying carrier. U.S.-affiliated entities must be allowed to offer such service, and the service must be able to carry traffic to and from the United States.
Sprint asserts that the two milestones have been met in France.
Sprint filed an opposition in response and Cegetel filed a response to Sprint's opposition. On March 25, Cegetel filed an additional pleading, reiterating its opposition to grant of Sprint's petition. In addition, public voice telephony in France was opened to competition as of January 1, 1998. Cegetel agrees that France has implemented alternative infrastructure competition. We agree that the first milestone has been satisfied.