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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
2.123 “Rate Center” means the specific geographic point and corresponding geographic area defined by the State
Commission and local community for the purpose of rating inter-and intra-LATA toll calls.
2.124 “Rating Point” means the vertical and horizontal (V&H) coordinates assigned to a Rate Center and associated with a
particular telephone number for rating purposes. The Rating Point must be in the same LATA as the Routing Point of
the associated NPA-NXX as designated in the LERG, but need not be in the same location as that Routing Point.
2.125 “Remittance Information” means the information that must specify the Billing Account Numbers (BANs) paid; invoices
paid and the amount to be applied to each BAN and invoice.
2.126 “Routing Point” means the location which a LEC has designated on its own network as the homing or routing point for
traffic inbound to Exchange Service provided by the LEC which bears a certain NPA-NXX designation. The Routing
Point need not be the same as the Rating Point, nor must it be located within the Rate Center area, but must be in
the same LATA as the NPA-NXX.
2.127 “Section 251(b)(5) Calls” means Completed Calls that originate on either Party’s network that terminate on the other
Party’s network, that are exchanged directly between the Parties and that, originate and terminate within the same
MTA. A call that is originated or terminated by a non-facility based provider, i.e., a provider without switching
equipment, is not a call that originates or terminates on either Party’s network. In order to measure whether traffic
comes within the definition of Section 251(b)(5) Calls, the Parties agree that the origination and termination point of
the calls are as follows:
2.127.1 For AT&T LOUISIANA, the origination or termination point of a call shall be the End Office Switch that, at
the beginning of the call, serves the calling party or the called party.
2.127.2 For WSP, the origination or termination point of a call shall be the Cell Site that, at the beginning of the call
serves the calling party or the called party.
2.128 “Selective Router” means/refers to the central office that provides the tandem switching of 9-1-1 calls. It controls
delivery of the voice call with ANI to the PSAP and provides Selective Routing, Speed Calling, Selective Transfer,
Fixed Transfer and certain maintenance functions for each PSAP. Also known as 9-1-1 Selective Routing Tandem.
2.129 “Service Start Date” means the date on which services were first supplied under this Agreement.
2.130 “Service Switching Point (SSP)” means or refers to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) Central Office or
Tandem Switch that is equipped with a Signaling System 7 (SS7) interface and is capable of routing and connecting
calls under the direction of a SCP in the CCS network.
2.131 “Serving Wire Center (SWC)” means the Wire Center that serves the area in which the other Party’s or a Third
Party’s Wire Center, aggregation point, point of termination, or point of presence is located.
2.132 “Shared Facility Factor” means the factor used to appropriately allocate the cost of 2-way DS1 Interconnection
Facilities based on proportionate use of the Facility between AT&T LOUISIANA and the WSP.
2.133 “Signaling System 7 (SS7)” means or refers to a signaling protocol used by the CCS Network that employs data
circuits to carry packetized information about each call between switches within the PSTN.
2.134 “SMR” (“Specialized Mobile Radio”) means as described by the FCC rules.
2.135 “SPNP” (“Service Provider Number Portability”) means synonymous with Permanent Number Portability “PNP”.
2.136 “State Abbreviation” means the following:
2.136.1 “LA” means Louisiana
2.137 “Surety Bond” means a bond from a Bond company with a credit rating by A. M. BEST better than a “B”. The
bonding company shall be certified to issue bonds in a state in which this Agreement is approved.
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2.137.1 Surrogate Billing Factor means a mutually agreed upon factor equal to one (1) months’ worth of all AT&T
LOUISIANA land-to-mobile (LM) originated Section 251 (b)(5) terminated by WSP divided by the sum of
land-to-mobile MOUs terminated by WSP and mobile-to-land Section 251 (b)(5)Calls traffic terminated by
AT&T LOUISIANA during the selected one month. When the Surrogate Billing Factor is used as the