Utah Code 54-8b-16. Public Service Commission authority to enforce interconnection service quality standards and interconnection agreements — Grounds for filing complaint
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(1) For purposes of this section, “interconnection service quality standards” means specific, measurable criteria that shall be applied to a telecommunications corporation, including obligations pursuant to Section 251 of the Federal Telecommunications Act, regarding the telecommunications corporation‘s provision of or request for:
Terms Used In Utah Code 54-8b-16
- Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Federal Telecommunications Act: means the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Telecommunications corporation: means any corporation or person, and their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating, managing, or reselling a public telecommunications service. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
(1)(a) interconnection services;
(1)(b) services for resale;
(1)(c) unbundled network elements; and
(1)(d) access to operations support systems that support those services and elements.
(2) To serve the public interest and to enable the development and growth of competition within the telecommunications market in the state, the commission shall, by order when considered necessary by the commission, enforce:
(2)(a) rules regarding interconnection service quality standards adopted by the commission under authority of this chapter;
(2)(b) a commission approved interconnection agreement pursuant to Sections 251 and 252 of the Federal Telecommunications Act; and
(2)(c) a statement of generally available terms under Section 252(f) of the Federal Telecommunications Act.
(3) An aggrieved party may file a complaint under Subsection 54-8b-2.2(1)(e) with the commission for a violation of:
(3)(a) the terms of the commission’s interconnection service quality rules;
(3)(b) the terms or conditions of an interconnection agreement;
(3)(c) a statement of generally available terms; or
(3)(d) a telecommunications corporations’ obligations under the Federal Telecommunications Act.
(4) In a proceeding described in Subsection (3) , the commission shall have the power to enforce:
(4)(a) the terms of the interconnection agreement;
(4)(b) the commission’s interconnection service quality rules;
(4)(c) the statement of generally available terms; or
(4)(d) the telecommunications corporation‘s obligations pursuant to the Federal Telecommunications Act.