N.M. Admin. Code § 17.11.18.13

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

Section 17.11.18.13 - WHITE-PAGES TELEPHONE DIRECTORY LISTINGS

A. Interconnecting LECs shall ensure that all end users in their service territories have access to white-pages telephone directories and directory listing information from directory assistance operators for all listed end users in their service territories. An ILEC or a CLEC satisfies the requirement to provide "access to white-pages telephone directories" if it, or its directory publisher, provides reasonable notice to end users of the option to receive such directories upon request, free of charge, and within a reasonable time of the request.

B. Each ILEC shall be designated the initial white-pages telephone directory provider ("white-pages provider") in its service territory and shall assume the responsibilities set forth in this section. With commission approval, a different LEC may be designated as the white-pages provider for the ILEC's service territory and may assume the responsibilities set forth in this section.

C. The white-pages provider shall cause to be published annually, in a white-pages telephone directory, the name, address, and telephone number for all listed end users within the territory served by the ILEC regardless of whether the end user subscribes to the local exchange service of the ILEC or another LEC. The white-pages provider shall publish all listings in alphabetical sequence by end user name with no distinctions made in the style, size, or format of listings supplied by CLECs and the ILEC.

(1) The white-pages provider shall not include in the white-pages directories or directory assistance databases the telephone numbers of end users who elect not to be published.

(2) The white-pages provider shall not include in the white-pages directories end users who elect not to be directory listed but shall include them in the directory assistance databases.

D. The white-pages provider shall include the same directory listings information in its directory assistance database, and shall provide all interconnecting LECs with access to that database for the purpose of providing directory assistance. The white-pages provider shall update its directory assistance database to include the listing for a new customer of a CLEC within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt of the listing from the CLEC.

E. The white-pages provider shall cause each CLEC to receive sufficient copies of the white-pages telephone directory to enable each CLEC to satisfy its obligations under Subsection A.

F. The white-pages provider shall provide space in the customer guide pages of the white-pages directory to a CLEC for the purpose of notifying customers how to reach the CLEC to request service, contact repair service, dial directory assistance, reach an account representative, request buried cable local service and contact the special needs center for customers with disabilities.

G. The white-pages provider shall provide premium listings in its white-pages telephone directory to the end users of CLECs on the same terms and conditions it offers premium listings to its own customers.

H. The white-pages provider shall provide CLECs a minimum of ninety (90) days' notice of deadlines associated with publication of the white-pages telephone directory. Each CLEC shall be responsible for ensuring it provides the white-pages provider with its directory listings information in a timely and accurate fashion. CLECs shall bear all responsibility for errors or omissions in the directory listings information provided to the white-pages provider.

I. The white-pages provider shall provide accurate and current directory listings information and updates to non-affiliated publishers of yellow-pages advertising directories in a non-discriminatory manner.

N.M. Admin. Code § 17.11.18.13

17.11.18.13 NMAC - N, 1-1-01; A, 08-15-06; A, 12-14-12