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TWO-WAY CMRS INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
General Terms and Conditions/AT&T LOUISIANA
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Cricket Communications, Inc.
Version: 2Q09 – Two-Way CMRS ICA - Wireless – 05/05/09
This Two-Way CMRS Interconnection Agreement under Sections 251 and 252 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 for
Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) (the Agreement), by and between one or more of the AT&T Inc. owned ILEC’s
hereinafter referred to as BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. d/b/a AT&T LOUISIANA, (only to the extent that the agent for
such AT&T owned ILEC executes this Agreement for such AT&T Inc. owned ILEC and only to the extent that such AT&T Inc.
owned ILEC provides Telephone Exchange Services as an ILEC in each of the state(s) listed below) and Wireless Service
Provider, Cricket Communications, Inc., on behalf of itself and its affiliates (“Cricket”, also referenced as “WSP”), (a Delaware
Corporation), shall apply to the State of Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Cricket holds authority from the Federal Communications Commission to operate as a Commercial
Mobile Radio Services licensee to provide Authorized Services in the State(s), and intends to provide Commercial Mobile
Radio Services employing such licensed frequency(ies); and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into an agreement for the Interconnection of their respective networks within
the portions of the State in which both Parties are authorized to operate and deliver traffic for the provision of
Telecommunications Services pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and other applicable federal, state and local
laws; and
WHEREAS, the Parties are entering into this Agreement to set forth the respective obligations of the Parties and the
terms and conditions under which the Parties will Interconnect their networks and Facilities and provide to each other services
as required by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as specifically set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Capitalized Terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings specified in Section 2.0 below
“Definitions”, and/or as defined elsewhere in this Agreement.
1.2 This Agreement is composed of the foregoing recitals, the General Terms and Conditions (GT&Cs), set forth below,
and certain Attachments, Schedules, Exhibits and Addenda immediately following this GT&Cs, all of which are
hereby incorporated in this Agreement by this reference and constitute a part of this Agreement.
2.0 Definitions
2.1 “Act” means the Communications Act of 1934 [47 U.S.C. 153], as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
Public Law 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996) codified throughout 47 U.S.C.
2.2 “Access Service Request (ASR)” means the industry standard form used by the Parties to add, establish, change or
disconnect trunks for the purposes of Interconnection.
2.3 “Access Tandem” mean a local exchange carrier switching system that provides a concentration and distribution
function for originating and/or terminating traffic between a LEC end office network and IXC POP’s.
2.4 “Accessible Letter(s)” means the correspondence used to communicate pertinent information regarding AT&T
LOUISIANA to the CMRS Provider community.
2.5 “Affiliate” means As Defined in the Act.
2.6 “Ancillary Services” means optional supplementary services such as directory assistance, N11, operator services,
Service Access Codes (600, 700, 800 and 900 services, but not including 500 services) and Switched Access
Services. Enhanced 911 (“E911”) is not an Ancillary Service.
2.7 “Ancillary Services Connection” means a one-way, mobile-to-land Type 1 interface used solely for the transmission
and routing of Ancillary Services traffic.
2.8 “Answer Supervision” means an off-hook supervisory signal sent by the receiving Party’s Central Office Switch to the
sending Party’s Central Office Switch on all Completed Calls after address signaling has been completed.
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