Ariz. Admin. Code § 14-2-1307

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 25, June 21, 2024

Section R14-2-1307 - Unbundling

A. Local exchange carriers with less than 200,000 access lines shall be exempt from the unbundling requirements in these rules. Such exemption shall expire upon the receipt of a bona fide request from a certificated local exchange carrier for an unbundled facility, or if a carrier voluntarily chooses to offer unbundled services.

B. The local exchange carrier's network facilities or services which are determined to be essential shall be provided on terms and under conditions that are equivalent to the terms and conditions under which a local exchange carrier provides such essential facilities or services to itself in the provision of the local exchange carrier's services. The pricing of essential facilities or services shall be pursuant to R14-2-1310 on pricing.

C. The following local exchange carrier network capabilities are classified as essential facilities or services:

1. Termination of local calls,

2. Termination of long distance calls,

3. Interconnection with E911 and 911 services,

4. Access to numbering resources,

5. Dedicated channel network access connections, and

6. Unbundled loops.

D. Incumbent local exchange carriers shall make essential facilities or services available for purchase and use pursuant to negotiated agreements or an approved statement of terms and conditions which shall be filed with the Commission.

E. The following guidelines apply when a certificated telecommunications company makes a bona fide request of an incumbent local exchange carrier to unbundle any network facility or service capability not identified in subsection (C) or when a certificated telecommunications company makes a bona fide request to a NELEC that is the sole owner of essential facilities in the geographic area to unbundle any network facility or service capability. The request shall specify whether the network facility or service is considered by the requesting company to be essential.

1. For the 12 months following the effective date of these rules, the local exchange carrier shall respond to any such request in writing within 120 days. Thereafter, the local exchange carrier shall respond to any such request in writing within 90 days.

2. The response to an unbundling request shall clearly state whether the LEC or NELEC intends to provide the network facility or service on an unbundled basis and, if requested, whether it will be offered as an essential facility or service. If the LEC or NELEC does not intend to provide the requested network facility or service, the response shall state the basis for such refusal.

3. If the local exchange carrier or NELEC agrees to provide the network facility or service on an unbundled basis, the facility or service shall be provided pursuant to negotiated agreements or an approved statement of terms and conditions which shall be filed with the Commission.

4. If the local exchange carrier or NELEC asserts that unbundling the network facility or service is not technically feasible, notice to that effect shall be made to the requesting party and to the Commission.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R14-2-1307

Adopted effective September 6, 1996, under an exemption as determined by the Arizona Corporation Commission (Supp. 96-3).

The Arizona Corporation Commission has determined that the following Section is exempt from the Attorney General approval provisions of the Arizona Administrative Procedure Act (A.R.S. § 41-1041 ) by a court order (State ex. rel. Corbin v. Arizona Corporation Commission, 174 Ariz. 216 848 P.2d 301 (App. 1992)).