A. Designation -- At a minimum, the following are considered to be essential facilities or services pursuant to 54-8b-2. 2.:
- 1. Unbundled local loops including 2-wire, 4-wire and digital subscriber line facilities;
- 2. Loop concentration, loop distribution and loop feeder facilities;
- 3. Network interface devices;
- 4. Switching capability including line-side facilities, trunk-side facilities and tandem facilities;
- 5. 911 and E911 emergency call networks;
- 6. Access to numbering resources;
- 7. Local telephone number portability;
- 8. Inter-office transmission facilities;
- 9. Signaling networks and call-related databases including signaling links, signaling transfer points and databases used for billing and collection, and transmission and routing of public telecommunications services;
- 10. Operations support systems used to pre-order, order, provision, maintain and repair unbundled network elements, or services purchased for resale from an incumbent local exchange carrier by another telecommunications corporation;
- 11. Billing functions;
- 12. Operator services and directory assistance;
- 13. Physical and virtual collocation and,
- 14. Intra-premises cabling and inside wiring owned or controlled by an incumbent local exchange carrier.
B. Determination of Essential Nature -- A telecommunications corporation may request any essential network facility or service from another telecommunications corporation and that telecommunications corporation shall timely provide the network facility or service in accordance R746-348-4 unless it demonstrates that providing that facility or service is technically infeasible.
- 1. A person may petition the Commission for a finding that a facility or service is essential or should no longer be deemed essential.
KEY: interconnection, network interconnection, telecommunications, telephone utility regulation
Date of Last Change: April 13, 2004
Notice of Continuation: December 8, 2021
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 54-4-1; 54-4-8; 54-4-12; 54-8b-2