An agreement between Verizon and a Carrier that provides for interconnection, collocation, resale, network elements, and ancillary services between the parties. The Interconnection Agreement is entered into under the terms of Section 251 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
a comprehensive agreement between the CLEC and the SBC Affiliate that details how the SBC Affiliate's network and the network of the CLEC will interface
A contract between an incumbent carrier and a competitive carrier for the connection of a competitive carrier network to the public switched telephone network.
This agreement, along with state regulatory certification, will allow a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC), to provision local interconnection, to resell BellSouth's tariffed telecommunication services, CLEC collocation on BellSouth's premises, and to purchase Unbundled Network Elements.
An agreement between two interconnected utilities that provides for mutual services across interconnections, such as short-term power sales and purchases, emergency power sales and purchases, and third-party power sales and purchases.
An agreement made between two power utilities to govern the operation of interconnections between their systems. Typically such an agreement defines different classes of inter-utility transfers and specifies how they shall be priced between two companies.
The broad agreement that determines how a CLEC will connect to the ILEC's network. Negotiated or arbitrated agreements typically must receive state public utility commission approval.