§ 64.4002   Notification obligations of LECs.

   To the extent that the information is reasonably available to a LEC, the LEC
   shall provide to an IXC the customer account information described in this
   section consistent with § 64.4004. Nothing in this section shall prevent a
   LEC from providing additional customer account information to an IXC to the
   extent that such additional information is necessary for billing purposes or
   to properly execute a customer's PIC order.

   (a)  Customer-submitted PIC order. Upon receiving and processing a PIC
   selection submitted by a customer and placing the customer on the network of
   the customer's preferred interexchange carrier at the LEC's local switch,
   the LEC must notify the IXC of this event. The notification provided by the
   LEC  to  the  IXC must contain all of the customer account information
   necessary to allow for proper billing of the customer by the IXC including
   but not limited to:

   (1) The customer's billing telephone number, working telephone number, and
   billing name and address;

   (2) The effective date of the PIC change;

   (3)  A  statement  describing  the  customer  type  (i.e., business or
   residential);

   (4) A statement indicating, to the extent appropriate, that the customer's
   telephone service listing is not printed in a directory and is not available
   from directory assistance or is not printed in a directory but is available
   from directory assistance;

   (5) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC installation (i.e., intraLATA and/or
   interLATA and/or international);

   (6) The carrier identification code of the IXC; and

   (7) If relevant, a statement indicating that the customer's account is
   subject to a PIC freeze. The notification also must contain information, if
   relevant and to the extent that it is available, reflecting the fact that a
   customer's PIC selection was the result of:

   (i) A move (an end user customer has moved from one location to another
   within a LEC's service territory);

   (ii) A change in responsible billing party; or

   (iii) The resolution of a PIC dispute.

   (b)  Confirmation  of IXC-submitted PIC order. When a LEC has placed a
   customer  on  an  IXC's  network at the local switch in response to an
   IXC-submitted PIC order, the LEC must send a confirmation to the submitting
   IXC. The confirmation provided by the LEC to the IXC must include:

   (1) The customer's billing telephone number, working telephone number, and
   billing name and address;

   (2) The effective date of the PIC change;

   (3)  A  statement  describing  the  customer  type  (i.e., business or
   residential);

   (4) A statement indicating, to the extent appropriate, if the customer's
   telephone service listing is not printed in a directory and is not available
   from directory assistance, or is not printed in a directory but is available
   from directory assistance;

   (5) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC installation (i.e., intraLATA and/or
   interLATA and/or international); and

   (6) The carrier identification code of the IXC. If the PIC order at issue
   originally was submitted by an underlying IXC on behalf of a toll reseller,
   the confirmation provided by the LEC to the IXC must indicate, to the extent
   that this information is known, a statement indicating that the customer's
   PIC is a toll reseller.

   (c) Rejection of IXC-submitted PIC order. When a LEC rejects or otherwise
   does not act upon a PIC order submitted to it by an IXC, the LEC must notify
   the IXC and provide the reason(s) why the PIC order could not be processed.
   The notification provided by the LEC to the IXC must state that it has
   rejected the IXC-submitted PIC order and specify the reason(s) for the
   rejection (e.g., due to a lack of information, incorrect information, or a
   PIC freeze on the customer's account). The notification must contain the
   identical  data elements that were provided to the LEC in the original
   IXC-submitted PIC order (i.e., mirror image of the original order), unless
   otherwise specified by this paragraph. If a LEC rejects an IXC-submitted PIC
   order for a multi-line account (i.e., the customer has selected the IXC as
   his PIC for two or more lines or terminals associated with his billing
   telephone number), the notification provided by the LEC rejecting that order
   must explain the effect of the rejection with respect to each line (working
   telephone  number  or terminal) associated with the customer's billing
   telephone number. A LEC is not required to generate a line-specific or
   terminal-specific response, however, and may communicate the rejection at
   the billing telephone level, when the LEC is unable to process an entire
   order, including all working telephone numbers and terminals associated with
   a particular billing telephone number. In addition, the notification must
   indicate  the  jurisdictional  scope of the PIC order rejection (i.e.,
   intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or international). If a LEC rejects a PIC
   order because:

   (1) The customer's telephone number has been ported to another LEC; or

   (2) The customer has otherwise changed local service providers, the LEC must
   include  in  its notification, to the extent that it is available, the
   identity of the customer's new LEC.

   (d) Customer contacts LEC or new IXC to change PIC(s) or customer contacts
   LEC or current IXC to change PIC to No-PIC. When a LEC has removed at its
   local switch a presubscribed customer from an IXC's network in response to a
   customer order, upon receipt of a properly verified PIC order submitted by
   another IXC, or in response to a notification from the customer's current
   IXC relating to the customer's request to change his or her PIC to No-PIC,
   the LEC must notify the customer's former IXC of this event. The LEC must
   provide to the IXC the customer account information that is necessary to
   allow for proper final billing of the customer by the IXC including but not
   limited to:

   (1) The customer's billing telephone number, working telephone number, and
   billing name and address;

   (2) The effective date of the PIC change;

   (3) A description of the customer type (i.e., business or residential);

   (4) The jurisdictional scope of the lines or terminals affected (i.e.,
   intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or international); and

   (5) The carrier identification code of the IXC. If a customer changes PICs
   but retains the same LEC, the LEC is responsible for notifying both the old
   PIC  and new PIC of the PIC change. The notification also must contain
   information, if relevant and to the extent that it is available, reflecting
   the fact that a customer's PIC removal was the result of:

   (i)  The customer moving from one location to another within the LEC's
   service territory, but where there is no change in local service provider;

   (ii) A change of responsible party on an account; or

   (iii) A disputed PIC selection.

   (e) Particular changes to customer's local service account. When, according
   to a LEC's records, certain account or line information changes occur on a
   presubscribed customer's account, the LEC must communicate this information
   to the customer's PIC. For purposes of this paragraph, the LEC must provide
   to the appropriate IXC account change information that is necessary for the
   IXC to issue timely and accurate bills to its customers including but not
   limited to:

   (1) The customer's billing telephone number, working telephone number, and
   billing name and address;

   (2) The customer code assigned to that customer by the LEC;

   (3) The type of customer account (i.e., business or residential);

   (4) The status of the customer's telephone service listing, to the extent
   appropriate, as not printed in a directory and not available from directory
   assistance, or not printed in a directory but available from directory
   assistance; and

   (5) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC installation (i.e., intraLATA and/or
   interLATA and/or international);

   (6) The effective date of any change to a customer's local service account;
   and

   (7) The carrier identification code of the IXC. If there are changes to the
   customer's billing or working telephone number, customer code, or customer
   type, the LEC must supply both the old and new information for each of these
   categories.

   (f) Local service disconnection. Upon receipt of an end user customer's
   request to terminate his entire local service account or disconnect one or
   more lines (but not all lines) of a multi-line account, the LEC must notify
   the PIC(s) for the billing telephone number or working telephone number on
   the account of the account termination or lines disconnected. In conjunction
   with this notification requirement, the LEC must provide to a customer's
   PIC(s) all account termination or single/multi-line disconnection change
   information necessary for the PIC(s) to maintain accurate billing and PIC
   records, including but not limited to:

   (1) The effective date of the termination/disconnection; and

   (2) The customer's working and billing telephone numbers and billing name
   and address;

   (3) The type of customer account (i.e., business or residential);

   (4) The jurisdictional scope of the PIC installation (i.e., intraLATA and/or
   interLATA and/or international); and

   (5) The carrier identification code of the IXC.

   (g) Change of local service provider. When a customer changes LECs, the
   customer's former LEC must notify the customer's PIC(s) of the customer's
   change in LEC and, if known, the identity of the customer's new LEC. If the
   customer also makes a PIC change, the customer's former LEC must also notify
   the customer's former PIC(s) of the change. When a customer only changes
   LECs,  the  new LEC must notify the customer's current PIC(s) that the
   customer's PIC selection has not changed. If the customer also makes a PIC
   change, the new LEC must notify the customer's new PIC of the customer's PIC
   selection. If the customer's former LEC is unable to identify the customer's
   new LEC, the former LEC must notify the customer's PIC(s) of a local service
   disconnection as described in paragraph (f).

   (1) The required notifications also must contain information, if relevant
   and to the extent that it is available, reflecting the fact that an account
   change was the result of:

   (i) The customer porting his number to a new LEC;

   (ii)  A  local  resale  arrangement (customer has transferred to local
   reseller); or

   (iii) The discontinuation of a local resale arrangement;

   (2) The notification provided by the LEC to the IXC must include:

   (i) The customer's billing telephone number, working telephone number, and,
   billing name and address;

   (ii) The effective date of the change of local service providers or PIC
   change;

   (iii) A description of the customer type (i.e., business or residential);

   (iv) The jurisdictional scope of the lines or terminals affected (i.e.,
   intraLATA and/or interLATA and/or international); and

   (v) The carrier identification code of the IXC.

   (h) IXC requests for customer BNA information. Upon the request of an IXC, a
   LEC must provide the billing name and address information necessary to
   facilitate a customer's receipt of a timely, accurate bill for services
   rendered and/or to prevent fraud, regardless of the type of service the end
   user receives/has received from the requesting carrier (i.e., presubscribed,
   dial-around, casual). In response to an IXC's BNA request for ANI, a LEC
   must provide the BNA for the submitted ANI along with:

   (1) The working telephone number for the ANI;

   (2) The date of the BNA response;

   (3) The carrier identification code of the submitting IXC; and

   (4) A statement indicating, to the extent appropriate, if the customer's
   telephone service listing is not printed in a directory and is not available
   from directory assistance, or is not printed in a directory but is available
   from directory assistance. A LEC that is unable to provide the BNA requested
   must provide the submitting carrier with the identical information contained
   in  the  original  BNA request (i.e., the mirror image of the original
   request), along with the specific reason(s) why the requested information
   could not be provided. If the BNA is not available because the customer has
   changed local service providers or ported his telephone number, the LEC must
   include the identity of the new provider when this information is available.

   [ 71 FR 74821 , Dec. 13, 2006]

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