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Jean Jewell, Secretar
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
472 West Washington Street
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Re: Case No. QWE-T-02-21
Application for Approval of Amendment to the Interconnection Agreement
Sprint Spectrm L.P.
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed for filing with this Commssion on behalf of Qwest Corporation is an original and
three (3) copies of the Application for Approval of Amendment to the Interconnection
Agreement. Qwest respectfully requests that this matter be placed on the Commission
Decision Meeting Agenda for expedited approvaL.
Please contact me if you have any questions concerning the enclosed. Thank you for your
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Adam L. Sherr (WSBA# 25291)
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMSSION
APPLICATION OF QWEST
CORPORATION FOR APPROVAL OF
AN INTERCONNCTION AGREEMENT
PURSUANT TO 47 U.S.C. §252(e)
CASE NO.: QWE- T -02-21
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF
AMENDMENT TO THE
INTERCONNCTION AGREEMENT
Qwest Corporation ("Qwest") hereby files this Application for Approval of Amendment
to the Interconnection Agreement ("Amendment"), which was approved by the Idaho Public
Utilities Commission on November 27, 2002 (the "Agreement"). The Amendment with Sprint
Spectrum L.P. ("Sprint") is submitted herewith.
This Amendment was reached through voluntary negotiations without resort to mediation
or arbitration and is submitted for approval pursuant to Section 252(e) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the "Act").
Section 252(e)(2) of the Act directs that a state Commssion may reject an amendment
reached through voluntary negotiations only if the Commssion finds that: the amendment (or
portiones) thereof) discriminates against a telecommunications carer not a pary to this
agreement; or the implementation of such an amendment (or portion) is not consistent with the
public interest, convenience and necessity.
Qwest respectfully submits this Amendment provides no basis for either of these
findings, and, therefore requests that the Commssion approve this Amendment expeditiously.
This Amendment is consistent with the public interest as identified in the pro-competitive
policies of the State of Idaho, the Commssion, the United States Congress, and the Federal
Communications Commssion. Expeditious approval of this Amendment wil enable Sprint to
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AMNDMENT TO THE INERCONNCTION AGREEMENT - Page 1
Sprint Spectr L.P.-8XX JSPA Amendment
interconnect with Qwest facilties and to provide customers with increased choices among local
telecommunications services.
Qwest further requests that the Commssion approve this Amendment without a hearng.
Because this Amendment was reached through voluntary negotiations, it does not raise issues
requiring a hearng and does not concern other paries not a pary to the negotiations.
Expeditious approval would further the public interest.
Respectfully submitted thiS~ day of January, 2010.
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APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AMNDMENT TO THE INRCONNCTION AGREEMENT - Page 2
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this \11. day of January, 2010, I served the foregoing
APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO THE INTERCONNCTION
AGREEMENT upon all paries of record in this matter as follows:
Jean Jewell, Secretary
Idaho Public Utilties Commssion
472 West Washington Street
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
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APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF AMNDMENT TO THE INTERCONNCTION AGREEMENT - Page 3
Sprint Spectrm L.P.-8XX JSPA Amendment
Wireless Originated axx Jointly Provided Switched Access ("JPSA") Amendment
to the Interconnection Agreement between
Qwest Corporation
and
Sprint Spectrum L.P.
for the State of Idaho
This is an Amendment ("Amendment") for Wireless Originated 8XX JPSA traffic to the
Interconnection Agreement between Qwest Corporation ("Qwest"), a Colorado corporation, and
Sprint Spectrum L.P. ("WSP"), a Delaware limited partnership. Qwest and WSP shall be known
jointly as the "Parties".
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into an Interconnection Agreement ("Agreement") that was
approved by the Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Parties agree to amend the Agreement under the terms and conditions
contained herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms, covenants and conditions contained
in this Amendment and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
Amendment Terms
The Agreement is hereby amended by adding terms and conditions to accommodate a CLEC's
(the "Sprint CLEC") request described below. Such additional terms and conditions are set forth
in Attachment 1 to this Amendment, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
The Parties agree that WSP wants to route unqueried 8XX traffic to Sprint CLEC for the 800
database dip, and to route the queried traffic to IXCs served by Qwest as Jointly Provided
Switched Access (JPSA) traffic via Sprint CLEC's LIS trunks. WSP understands that Sprint
CLEC's Interconnection Agreement with Qwest, in this State, wil be amended as well to reflect
Sprint CLEC's obligations.
Effective Date
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This Amendment is subject to approval by the Commission; however, the Parties agree to
implement the provisions of this Amendment upon execution. To accommodate such
implementation, WSP will provide Qwest with a list of all NPAlNXXs and CLLls associated with
WSP switches which will be implementing this solution, CLLls associated with the Sprint CLEC
switches which will be implementing this solution plus any additional information reasonably
required by Qwest to make the internal system updates necessary to implement this solution.
WSP will not begin sending 8XX traffic to Sprint CLEC until Sprint CLEC and Qwest have their
systems in place and have been updated. Qwest shall complete all such billng system updates
within a reasonable time.
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Further Amendments
Except as modified herein, the provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
The provisions of this Amendment, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be
amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions
of this Amendment may not be given without the written consent thereto by both Parties'
authorized representative. No waiver by any Party of any default, misrepresentation, or breach
of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, will be deemed to extend to any
prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or
affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.
Entire Agreement
The Agreement as amended (including the documents referred to herein) constitutes the full
and entire understanding and agreement between the Parties with regard to the subjects of the
Agreement as amended and supersedes any prior understandings, agreements, or
representations by or between the Parties, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to
the subjects of the Agreement as amended.
The Parties intending to be legally bound have executed this Amendment as of the dates set
forth below, in multiple counterparts, each of which is deemed an original, but all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
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ATTACHMENT 1
Wireless Originated axx JPSA
DEFINITIONS
The Definition Section of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding and/or replacing
terms as set forth in this Amendment.
"Access Services" refers to the interstate and intrastate switched Access and private line
transport services offered for the origination and/or termination of Interexchange traffic.
"Meet-Point Billng" or "MPB" or "Jointly Provided Switched Access" or "JPSA" refers to an
arrangement whereby two (2) or more LECs (including a LEC and WSP) receive traffic in the
same LATA that the call is to be terminated in or originated from, and jointly provide
Switched Access Service to an Interexchange Carrier, with each LEC (or WSP) receiving an
appropriate share of the revenues from the IXC as defined by their effective switched Access
Tariffs or other contractual arrangements.
"Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billng" or "MECAB" refers to the document prepared by
the Biling Committee of the Ordering and Biling Forum (OBF), which functions under the
auspices of the Carrier Liaison Committee (CLC) of the Allance for Telecommunications
Industry Solutions (ATIS). The MECAB document, published by ATIS (0401004-0009),
contains the recommended guidelines for the billing of an Access Service provided by two or
more Telecommunications Carriers (including a WSP, LEC and/or a CLEC), or by one LEC
in two or more states within a single LATA.
"Multiple Exchange Carrier Ordering and Design" or "MECOD" Guidelines for Access
Services - Industry Support Interface, refers to the document developed by the
Ordering/Provisioning Committee under the auspices of the Ordering and Billng Forum
(OBF), which functions under the auspices of the Carrier Liaison Committee (CLC) of the
Allance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). The MECOD document,
published by A TIS (0404120-0006), contains recommended guidelines for processing orders
for Access Service which is to be provided by two or more Telecommunications Carriers
(including a WSP, LEC and/or a CLEC).
"Switched Access Service Traffc," is traffc that originates at one of the Party's End User
Customers and terminates at an IXC Point of Presence, or originates at an IXC Point of
Presence and terminates at one of the Party's End User Customers, whether or not the traffc
transits the other Party's network.
TYPE 2 INTERCONNECTION
Jointly Provided Switched Access Traffic, as defined in this Amendment, is a type of traffic
that can be exchanged under the Agreement. Jointly Provided Switched Access Traffic is
associated with Meet-Point Biling. The Parties wil use industry standards developed and
routed based on the LERG to handle the Provisioning and Biling of Jointly Provided
Switched Access (MECAB, MECOD, and Qwests FCC and state access Tariffs).
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Jointly Provided Switched Access Services
Jointly Provided Switched Access Service is defined and governed by Qwest FCC and State
Access Tariffs, Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billng (MECAB) and Multiple Exchange
Carrier Ordering and Design (MECOD) Guidelines and based on LERG routing; Jointly
Provided Switched Access Service is not modified by any provisions of this Agreement. Both
Parties agree to comply with such guidelines. WSP wil update the LERG to reflect that
Sprint CLEC is the "800 SSP" for WSP's MSC.
Qwest has taken the approach as outlined below to national committees to determine if
documents and processes require updating to specifically address this proposaL. The LERG
does not specifically address this service beyond the population of 800 SSP. WSP and
Qwest agree to modify this Agreement to reflect applicable new industry standards.
It is anticipated by Qwest and WSP that the originating, intermediate, and terminating LECs
for switched access wil cooperatively determine the Jointly Provided Switched Access
arrangements.
WSP wil be set up with Qwest as a "Meet Point Biling" carrier, which means that billng by
Qwest to IXCs for this traffc is based on Qwest FCC Access Tariff NO.1, section 2.4.7.
Qwest wil use a "proposed Billed Percentage ("BP")" in its billng tables as further outlined
below. JPSA routes wil be established in Qwests tables as follows:
For traffic that terminates to WSP via Type 2 trunks from Qwest, the proposed BP wil
be 100% Qwest and the route wil show only Qwest and WSP.
For 8XX traffic originated by WSP, sent to Sprint CLEC and then to Qwest via the LIS
facilities in place between Sprint CLEC and Qwest, the proposed BP wil equal the
current BP between Qwest and Sprint CLEC (generally 0% Qwest), and the route wil
show only two parties - WSP and Qwest. If it is determined later that these routes
will be filed in NECA, WSP acknowledges this route would then include Sprint CLEC
as an. intermediate carrier although the Qwest BP would be unchanged (generally
100% Sprint).
Once the solution is implemented, WSP agrees to the same record exchange for any other
JPSA traffic they might send via Type 2 trunks through Qwest to IXCs. WSP wil not receive
Category 11 JPSA records from Qwest for JPSA traffic that terminates to WSP. WSP wil
notify Qwest if they determine in the future that they want to receive the created records from
Qwest for any IXC traffic that terminates to them via the Type 2 trunks they have with Qwest.
If requested by WSP, Qwest wil also provide a one-time notification to WSP of the billing
name, billng address and Carrier identification codes of the IXCs subtending any Access
Tandem Switches to which WSP directly connects.
Qwest agrees to function as the Access Service Coordinator (ASC) as defined in the Multiple
Exchange Carrier Ordering and Design Guidelines (MECOD). Qwest will provide the
operational, technical and administrative support required in the planning, provisioning and
maintenance involved in the joint access provisioning process to the IXCs.
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