New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 11 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Part 18 - INTERCONNECTION FACILITIES AND UNBUNDLED NETWORK ELEMENTS
Section 17.11.18.9 - RECIPROCAL COMPENSATION
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Interconnecting LECs shall establish reciprocal compensation arrangements for the transport and termination of local calls pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 252(d)(2), 47 C.F.R. Section 51.701-717 and the requirements of this section. All local calls, including calls used for voice communications, data communications and connection to the internet or an internet services provider, shall be subject to the reciprocal compensation arrangements.
A. Interconnecting LECs may by mutual agreement establish bill-and-keep arrangements to satisfy their reciprocal compensation obligations or may negotiate explicit rates for reciprocal compensation in accordance with 47 U.S.C. Section 252 and this rule.
B. A LEC that has entered into a bill-and-keep arrangement may, ninety (90) days following the effective date of such agreement, petition the commission to initiate negotiation of explicit reciprocal compensation charges. The commission shall grant such petition if the petitioning party demonstrates that the amount of local traffic handed off from one network to the other, measured on a monthly basis, is out of balance in either direction by more than ten percent (10%) for three consecutive months.
C. If two interconnecting LECs are unable to determine mutually agreeable rates for reciprocal compensation, the commission shall establish explicit reciprocal compensation rates.