[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3, Parts 40 to 69]
[Revised as of October 1, 1997]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR51]

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                      TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
     CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION--(CONTINUED)
 
PART 51--INTERCONNECTION

                     Subpart A--General Information

Sec.
51.1  Basis and purpose.
51.3  Applicability to negotiated agreements.
51.5  Terms and definitions.

                 Subpart B--Telecommunications Carriers

51.100  General duty.

          Subpart C--Obligations of All Local Exchange Carriers

51.201  Resale.
51.203  Number portability.
51.205  Dialing parity: General.
51.207  Local dialing parity.
51.209  Toll dialing parity.
51.211  Toll dialing parity implementattion schedule.
51.213  Toll dialing parity implementation plans.
51.215  Dialing parity: Cost recovery.
51.217  Nondiscriminatory access: Telephone numbers, operator services, 
          directory assistance services, and directory listings.
51.219  Access to rights of way.
51.221  Reciprocal compensation.
51.223  Application of additional requirements.

 Subpart D--Additional Obligations of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers

51.301  Duty to negotiate.
51.303  Preexisting agreements.
51.305  Interconnection.
51.307  Duty to provide access on an unbundled basis to network 
          elements.
51.309  Use of unbundled network elements.
51.311  Nondiscriminatory access to unbundled network elements.
51.313  Just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms and conditions for 
          the provision of unbundled network elements.
51.315  Combination of unbundled network elements.
51.317  Standards for identifying network elements to be made available.
51.319  Specific unbundling requirements.
51.321  Methods of obtaining interconnection and access to unbundled 
          elements under section 251 of the Act.
51.323  Standards for physical collocation and virtual collocation.
51.325  Notice of network changes: Public notice requirement.
51.327  Notice of network changes: Content of notice.
51.329  Notice of network changes: Methods for providing notice.
51.331  Notice of network changes: Timing of notice.
51.333  Notice of network changes: Short term notice.
51.335  Notice of network changes: Confidential or proprietary 
          information.

Subpart E--Exemptions, Suspensions, and Modifications of Requirements of 
                         Section 251 of the Act

51.401  State authority.
51.403  Carriers eligible for suspension or modification under section 
          251(f)(2) of the Act.
51.405  Burden of proof.

                     Subpart F--Pricing of Elements

51.501  Scope.
51.503  General pricing standard.
51.505  Forward-looking economic cost.
51.507  General rate structure standard.
51.509  Rate structure standards for specific elements.
51.511  Forward-looking economic cost per unit.
51.513  Proxies for forward-looking economic cost.
51.515  Application of access charges.

                            Subpart G--Resale

51.601  Scope of resale rules.
51.603  Resale obligation of all local exchange carriers.
51.605  Additional obligations of incumbent local exchange carriers.
51.607  Wholesale pricing standard.
51.609  Determination of avoided retail costs.
51.611  Interim wholesale rates.
51.613  Restrictions on resale.
51.615  Withdrawal of services.
51.617  Assessment of end user common line charge on resellers.

  Subpart H--Reciprocal Compensation for Transport and Termination of 
                    Local Telecommunications Traffic

51.701  Scope of transport and termination pricing rules.
51.703  Reciprocal compensation obligation of LECs.
51.705  Incumbent LECs' rates for transport and termination.

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51.707  Default proxies for incumbent LECs' transport and termination 
          rates.
51.709  Rate structure for transport and termination.
51.711  Symmetrical reciprocal compensation.
51.713  Bill-and-keep arrangements for reciprocal compensation.
51.715  Interim transport and termination pricing.
51.717  Renegotiation of existing non-reciprocal arrangements.

   Subpart I--Procedures for Implementation of Section 252 of the Act

51.801  Commission action upon a state commission's failure to act to 
          carry out its responsibility under section 252 of the Act.
51.803  Procedures for Commission notification of a state commission's 
          failure to act.
51.805  The Commission's authority over proceedings and matters.
51.807  Arbitration and mediation of agreements by the Commission 
          pursuant to section 252(e)(5) of the Act.
51.809  Availability of provisions of agreements to other 
          telecommunications carriers under section 252(i) of the Act.

    Authority:  Sections 1-5, 7, 201-05, 207-09, 218, 225-27, 251-54, 
271, 332, 48 Stat. 1070, as amended, 1077; 47 U.S.C. Secs. 151-55, 157, 
201-05, 207-09, 218, 225-27, 251-54, 271, 332, unless otherwise noted.

    Source:  61 FR 45619, Aug. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

                     Subpart A--General Information