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4.5 Responsibilities Of Party:
Attachment 02 – Network Interconnection/AT&T LOUISIANA
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Cricket Communications, Inc.
Version: 3Q08 – Two-Way CMRS ICA – Wireless 02/12/09
Order may not constitute Intervening Law as set forth in Section 21 of the General Terms and
Conditions of this Agreement, the Parties will implement any such modification via an amendment
to this Agreement pursuant to the timelines and procedures set forth therein. Both Parties reserve
their rights to modify this language pursuant to any appeals resulting from Docket No. U-31350.
4.4.2.2 Until such time as the Parties can measure originating landline-to-WSP Inter-MTA traffic, a
surrogate usage percentage, as stated in the Pricing Schedule attached hereto, will be applied to
the total minutes originated by AT&T LOUISIANA’s End Users that are delivered to WSP’s network
over the Interconnection Trunks. Cricket reserves its rights to modify this Section 4.4.2.2
consistent with the Commission’s findings in a final and effective order in Docket No. U-
31350(“Commission Order”) in accordance with Sections 39.2 and 39.3 of the General Terms and
Conditions. Notwithstanding the fact that such a Commission Order may not constitute Intervening
Law as set forth in section 21 of the General Terms and Conditions of this Agreement, the Parties
will implement any such modification via an amendment to this Agreement pursuant to the
timelines and procedures set forth therein. Both Parties reserve their rights to modify this language
pursuant to any appeals resulting from Docket No. U-31350.
4.5.1 Each Party will be responsible for the accuracy and quality of its data submitted to the other Party.
4.5.2 Where SS7 connections exist, each Party will include in the information transmitted to the other Party, for
each call being terminated on the other Party’s network, where available, the original and true Calling Party
Number (“CPN”).
4.5.3 If one Party is passing CPN but the other Party is not properly receiving information, the Parties will work
cooperatively to correct the problem.
4.6 Non-AT&T Tandem Providers:
4.6.1 Third Party Terminating Carrier shall mean a CLEC, an ILEC, another CMRS provider, an OELEC, or a
Carrier that utilizes local switching from AT&T LOUISIANA, purchased on a wholesale basis, to provide
service to its End Users, to which traffic is terminated when WSP uses a Non-AT&T Tandem Provide, as
defined below.
4.6.2 Non-AT&T Tandem Provider shall mean a Telecommunications Carrier that provides tandem switching
services to WSP and with whom WSP is directly interconnected for the purpose of delivering WSP traffic via
Non-AT&T Tandem Provider’s direct interconnection arrangements with AT&T LOUISIANA to (i) AT&T
LOUISIANA’s End User; or (ii) to an End User of a Third Party Terminating Carrier that utilizes local
switching from AT&T LOUISIANA, purchased on a wholesale basis, to provide service to its End Users; or
(iii) a Third Party Terminating Carrier’s End User.
4.6.3 When a Non-AT&T Tandem Provider sends Traffic originated by the End Users of WSP to (i) AT&T
LOUISIANA’s End User; or (ii) an End User of a Third Party Terminating Carrier that utilizes local switching
from AT&T LOUISIANA, purchased on a wholesale basis, to provide service to its End Users; WSP is
responsible for all Conversation MOU’s billed by AT&T LOUISIANA for Section 251(b)(5) traffic, or, for
interMTA traffic, the applicable switched access rates as found in the Access Services tariffs, or other
related contract for such traffic.
5.0 Meet Point Billing (“MPB”) for Switched Access Services
5.1 Pursuant to the procedures described in the Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (“MECAB”) document,
developed by the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions’ (“ATIS”) Ordering and Billing Forum (“OBF”),
the Parties shall provide to each other the Switched Access Services detail usage data, on a per LATA basis, for
jointly provided tandem switched Feature Groups B or D services to or from an IXC in accordance with Sections 5.1.1
and 5.1.2 below. Information shall be exchanged in Electronic Message Interface (“EMI”) format, via a mutually
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