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General Terms and Conditions/AT&T LOUISIANA
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Cricket Communications, Inc.
Version: 2Q09 – Two-Way CMRS ICA - Wireless – 05/05/09
2.108 “North American Numbering Plan (NANP)” means the numbering architecture in which every station in the NANP
Area is identified by a unique ten (10)-digit address consisting of a three (3)-digit NPA code, a three (3)-digit central
office code of the form NXX, and a four (4)-digit line number of the form XXXX.
2.109 “Numbering Plan Area (NPA)” also called area code means the three (3)-digit code that occupies the A, B, C
positions in the ten (10)-digit NANP format that applies throughout the NANP Area. NPAs are of the form NXX,
where N represents the digits two (2) through nine (9) and X represents any digit zero (0) through nine (9). In the
NANP, NPAs are classified as either geographic or non-geographic. a) Geographic NPAs are NPAs which
correspond to discrete geographic areas within the NANP Area. b) Non-geographic NPAs are NPAs that do not
correspond to discrete geographic areas, but which are instead assigned for services with attributes, functionalities,
or requirements that transcend specific geographic boundaries. The common examples are NPAs in the N00 format,
(e.g., 800).
2.110 “Number Portability” means As Defined in the Act.
2.111 “NXX” or “Central Office Code” means the three (3)-digit switch entity indicator that is defined by the fourth (4th)
through sixth (6th) digits of a ten (10)-digit telephone number within the NANP. Each NXX Code contains 10,000
station numbers.
2.112 “OBF” (Ordering and Billing Forum) means a forum comprised of local telephone companies and interexchange
carriers whose responsibility is to create and document Telecommunication industry guidelines and standards.
2.113 “Offer Services” means when WSP opens an NPA-NXX, ports a WSP number to serve an End User or pools a block
of numbers to serve End Users.
2.114 “Operations Support Systems (OSS)” means the suite of functions which permits WSP to interface to the ILEC for
pre-ordering, ordering, provisioning, maintenance/ repair and billing as described in the Attachment OSS herein.
2.115 “Originating Landline to WSP InterMTA Traffic” means traffic delivered directly from AT&T LOUISIANA’s originating
network to WSP’s network that, at the beginning of the call: (a) originates on AT&T LOUISIANA’s network in one
MTA; and, (b) is delivered to the mobile unit of WSP’s End User or the mobile unit of a Third Party connected to a
Cell Site located in another MTA.
2.116 “Paging Traffic” means traffic to WSP’s network that results in the sending of a paging message over a paging or
narrowband PCS frequency licensed to WSP or traffic to AT&T LOUISIANA’s network that results in the sending of a
paging message over a paging or narrowband PCS frequency licensed to AT&T LOUISIANA.
2.117 “Party” means either WSP or AT&T LOUISIANA “Parties” means both WSP and AT&T LOUISIANA.
2.118 “Past Due” means when either Party fails to remit payment to the other Party for any charges by the Bill Due Date, or
if payment for any portion of the charges is received from WSP after the Bill Due Date, or if payment for any portion
of the charges is received in funds which are not immediately available to the billing Party as of the Bill Due Date
(individually and collectively means Past Due).
2.119 “Person” means an individual or a partnership, an association, a joint venture, a corporation, a business or a trust or
other entity organized under Applicable Law, an unincorporated organization or any Governmental Authority.
2.120 “POI” (“Point of Interconnection”) means the physical location at which the Parties’ networks meet for the purpose of
establishing Interconnection. POIs include a number of different technologies and technical interfaces based on the
Parties mutual agreement. The POI establishes the technical interface, the test point(s) and the point(s) for
operational and financial division of responsibility, subject to the specific facility cost sharing provisions, and related
terms, in Attachment 2 – Network Interconnection.
2.121 “PNP” (“Permanent Number Portability”) means a long term method of providing LNP using LRN consistent with the
Act and the rules, regulations, orders and rulings of the FCC and the Commission.
2.122 “PSTN” means or refers to the Public Switched Telephone Network as defined in Telcordia Technologies Practice,
BR-795-400-100 COMMON LANGUAGE® Message Trunk Circuit Codes (CLCI MSMSG Codes) refers to a
common carrier network that provides circuit switching between public users. The PSTN carriers are voice, data and
signaling traffic.
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