N.M. Admin. Code § 17.11.18.11

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 17.11.18.11 - OBLIGATIONS OF ALL LECS

A. Dialing parity. LECs must provide dialing parity to competing providers of local exchange service and intrastate toll service so that the end users of an interconnecting carrier do not have to dial more digits than the LEC's own end users, or incur dial delays that exceed the LEC's quality of service, in order to complete local calls through the interconnected facilities.

B. Number portability. To the extent technically feasible, LECs shall provide number portability in accordance with the requirements in 47 C.F.R. 51.203.

C. Interoperability of operator services. Interconnecting LECs shall negotiate mutual agreements to ensure the interoperability of non-optional operator services between their networks, including but not limited to the ability of operators on each network to perform such operator functions as completing collect calls, third-party calls, call screening, busy line verification calls and busy line interrupt.

D. Mutual billing and collection agreements.

(1) Interconnecting LECs shall provide each other with answer and disconnect supervision. Interconnecting LECs shall enter into mutual billing and collection agreements for the accurate and timely exchange of billing records information to support:

(a) billing end users, including the exchange of telephone number information, the use of non-proprietary calling cards and the collect billing of third-party calls to a number served by another LEC;

(b) determining intercompany settlements for local and non-local traffic; and

(c) validating the jurisdictional nature of traffic.

(2) The billing data exchanged shall be provided in accordance with national industry standards.

E. Disclosure of customer proprietary network information. Interconnecting LECs shall not disclose customer-proprietary network information to each other without the express and affirmative consent of the affected end user and shall protect customer-proprietary network information in compliance with 47 U.S.C. Section 702 and applicable federal and state rules.

N.M. Admin. Code § 17.11.18.11

17.11.18.11 NMAC - N, 1-1-01