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Unbundled Network Elements UNE:
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a.)
Unbundled access: The duty to provide, to any requesting telecommunications
carrier for the provision of a telecommunications service,
nondiscriminatory access to network elements on an unbundled
basis at any technically feasible point on rates, terms, and
conditions that are just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement
and the requirements of this section and section 252.
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SEC.
251. of the 1996 Telecommunications Act (UNBUNDLING)...
(a) General Duty of Telecommunications Carriers: Each telecommunications
carrier has the duty--
(1) to interconnect directly or indirectly with the facilities and
equipment of other telecommunications carriers; and
(2) not to install network features, functions, or capabilities that
do not comply with the guidelines and standards established pursuant
to section 255 or 256.
(b) Obligations of All Local Exchange Carriers: Each local exchange
carrier has the following duties:
(1) Resale: The duty not to prohibit, and not to impose unreasonable
or discriminatory conditions or limitations on, the resale of its
telecommunications services.
(2) Number portability: The duty to provide, to the extent technically
feasible, number portability in accordance with requirements prescribed
by the Commission.
(3) Dialing parity: The duty to provide dialing parity to competing
providers of telephone exchange service and telephone toll service,
and the duty to permit all such providers to have nondiscriminatory
access to telephone numbers, operator services, directory assistance,
and directory listing, with no unreasonable dialing delays.
(4) Access to rights-of-way: The duty to afford access to the poles,
ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way of such carrier to competing providers
of telecommunications services on rates, terms, and conditions that
are consistent with section 224.
(5) Reciprocal compensation: The duty to establish reciprocal compensation
arrangements for the transport and termination of telecommunications.
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