Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXV. Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers § 392.455. Commission to establish certification process

(1) A requirement that the applicant possess sufficient technical, financial and managerial resources and abilities to provide basic local telecommunications service;

(2) A requirement that the applicant demonstrate that the services it proposes to offer satisfy the minimum standards established by the commission;

(3) A requirement that the applicant set forth the geographic area in which it proposes to offer service and demonstrate that such area follows exchange boundaries of the incumbent local exchange telecommunications company and is no smaller than an exchange;

(4) A requirement that all providers must offer basic local telecommunications service as a separate and distinct service;

(5) A requirement that the commission give due consideration to the equitable access for all Missourians, regardless of where they live or their income, to affordable telecommunications services.