Wholesale Carrier Services, Inc., an Inter-Exchange Carrier (IXC) and Local Exchange Carrier (LEC), petitioned the Illinois Commerce Commission for emergency relief to designate portions of its Annual Report as confidential and protected from public disclosure for not less than two years. The company argues the information is "highly proprietary" and disclosure would cause competitive harm.

The case is currently in initial status with an Administrative Law Judge action pending. No compliance deadline or public comment period has been established for this petition. Telecommunications carriers filing similar annual reports with the ICC should review their own confidential treatment designations to ensure proprietary business information is properly protected under ICC rules.