The City of Springfield is involved in telecommunications issues in three ways:

• The City is a significant user of telecommunications services. Those services are managed by the City's Information Technology Department.

• The City is also a regulator of telecommunications Activity that occurs within the City. Under The Springfield Municipal Code, companies who seek to engage in the telecommunications business within the City of Springfield must apply for an receive a license for that purpose. In addition, those companies who wish to use the public right of way for telecommunications purposes must enter into a Public Way Use Agreement with the City. That agreement sets out the terms under which the public right of way may be used, and specifies the compensation that the City is entitled to receive for a private companies use of the valuable public asset. For further information, see the Franchise Administration link.

• Finally, the City is involved in telecommunications by virtue of its participation in two regional intergovernmental organizations which have rights to a substantial network of telecommunications infrastructure located in southwestern Oregon. These regional groups: the Regional Fiber Consortium and the Fiber South Consortium , were formed in connection with agreements between several of the cities in the region and two inter-exchange telecommunications companies who agreed to provide fiber optic cable to participating local governments in lieu of cash compensation for use of the public rights of way within these cities.

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