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Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 60 Competitive SafeguardsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Utilities Code > Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 60 Competitive Safeguards To the extent necessary to ensure that competition in telecommunications is fair to each participant and to accelerate the improvement of telecommunications in this state, ... (a) The commission has exclusive jurisdiction to implement competitive safeguards. (b) Section 58.025 does not prevent the commission from enforcing this chapter. Acts 1997, 75th ... (a) The commission may: (1) establish procedures with respect to a policy stated in this subchapter or Subchapters B-H; and (2) resolve a dispute that ... (a) Subchapters B, C, and H may be applied to an incumbent local exchange company that serves fewer than 31,000 access lines only on a ... (a) Subchapters B, D, and F may be applied to an incumbent local exchange company that, as of September 1, 1995, has 31,000 or more ... This subtitle does not: (1) require the commission to change the rate treatment established by the commission in Docket No. 8387 for a bulletin board ... At a minimum, an incumbent local exchange company shall unbundle its network to the extent the Federal Communications Commission orders. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. ... (a) The commission may adopt an order relating to the issue of unbundling of local exchange company services in addition to the unbundling required by ... The commission may assign an unbundled component to the appropriate category of services under Chapter 58 according to the purposes and intents of the categories. ... (a) An incumbent local exchange company that on September 1, 1995, serves one million or more access lines or that on or before September 1, ... (a) A provider of telecommunications service may not impose a restriction on the resale or sharing of a service: (1) for which the provider is ... A holder of a certificate of operating authority or a service provider certificate of operating authority shall permit a local exchange company to resell the ... (a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), the commission shall eliminate all resale prohibitions in the tariffs of an electing company on the: ... This subchapter does not change a resale or sharing arrangement permitted in an incumbent local exchange company tariff that: (1) existed on September 1, 1995; ... (a) The commission shall adopt rules governing imputation of the price of a service. (b) Imputation is a regulatory policy the commission shall apply to ... The commission may not require imputation of the price to a local exchange telephone service while the price is capped under Chapter 58 or 59. ... The commission shall impute the price of switched access service to the price of each service for which switched access service is a component until ... (a) An incumbent local exchange company shall demonstrate that the price it charges for retail service recovers the cost of providing the service. (b) For ... If the commission determines that a waiver is in the public interest, the commission may waive an imputation requirement for a public interest service such ... In this subchapter, "telecommunications number portability" means the ability of a telecommunications services user who is changing from one telecommunications service provider to another provider ... (a) Because a uniform national number plan is valuable and necessary to this state, the commission by rule shall adopt guidelines governing telecommunications number portability ... As an interim measure, the commission shall adopt reasonable mechanisms, including, at minimum, the use of call forwarding and direct inward dialing, to allow consumers ... (a) An incumbent local exchange company with one million or more access lines shall file tariffs, and the commission shall determine reasonable rates to be ... (a) The commission shall adopt a pricing rule. (b) In adopting the pricing rule, the commission shall: (1) ensure that each price for a monopoly ... The commission shall allow an incumbent local exchange company that is not a Tier 1 local exchange company on September 1, 1995, to adopt, at ... In this subchapter, "interconnection" means, for calls that originate and terminate in this state, the termination of local intraexchange traffic of another local exchange company ... The commission has exclusive jurisdiction to determine rates and terms for interconnection for a holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of ... This subchapter does not apply to a rate for the existing termination of cellular or interexchange traffic. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, ... (a) The commission shall require each telecommunications provider to maintain interoperable networks. (b) The commission may: (1) adopt rules, including generic rules that are responsive ... (a) Telecommunications providers shall negotiate network interconnectivity, charges, and terms. (b) If interconnectivity, charges, and terms are successfully negotiated, the commission shall approve the interconnection ... The commission may resolve a dispute filed by a party to a negotiation under Section 60.125(a). Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. ... (a) An incumbent local exchange company may adopt the interconnection rates the commission approves for a larger incumbent local exchange company without additional cost justification. ... The commission may not use interconnection rates under this subchapter as a basis to alter interconnection rates for other services. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. ... The commission shall adopt rules for expanded interconnection that: (1) are consistent with the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission relating to expanded ... An incumbent local exchange company may not unreasonably: (1) discriminate against another provider by refusing access to the local exchange; (2) refuse or delay an ... This subchapter does not require an incumbent local exchange company to provide expanded interconnection as that term is defined by the Federal Communications Commission. Acts ... (a) The commission shall adopt rules that require a local exchange company to share public switched network infrastructure and technology with a requesting local exchange ... Except as prescribed in Chapters 61, 62, and 63, the commission may not adopt any rule or order that would prohibit a local exchange company ... Except as prescribed in Chapters 61, 62, and 63, the commission may not adopt any rule or order that would prescribe for any local exchange ... It is the policy of this state that providers of telecommunications services operate in a manner that is consistent with minimum standards to provide customers ... A provision of this subchapter applies only to the extent the provision has not been preempted by federal law or a rule, regulation, or order ... A telecommunications provider may not unreasonably: (1) discriminate against another provider by refusing access to an exchange; (2) refuse or delay an interconnection to another ... A telecommunications provider shall provide interconnection with other telecommunications providers' networks for the transmission and routing of telephone exchange service and exchange access. Added by ... A telecommunications provider shall provide number portability in accordance with federal requirements. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 2, § 24, eff. ... A telecommunications provider shall negotiate in good faith the terms and conditions of any agreement. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 2, ... (a) A telecommunications provider shall provide dialing parity to competing telecommunications providers of telephone exchange service and telephone toll service. (b) A telecommunications provider shall ... A telecommunications provider shall provide access to poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way to competing providers of telecommunications service on rates, terms, and conditions that are ... A telecommunications provider shall establish reciprocal compensation arrangements for the transport and termination of telecommunications. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 2, ... A telecommunications provider shall provide access to: (1) 911 and E-911 service; (2) directory assistance service to allow other telecommunications providers' customers to obtain telephone ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |