Common use of BLV/BLVI Traffic Clause in Contracts

BLV/BLVI Traffic. 7.2.1 If Party A decides or is required by a regulatory body of competent jurisdiction to offer BLV and BLVI services to enable its Customers to verify and/or interrupt calls of Party B’s Customers, Party B shall accept and respond to BLV and BLVI requests from the operator bureau of Party A. Each Party shall compensate the other Party for BLV and BLVI inquiries in accordance with the other Party’s Tariffed rates, the terms of the Directory Assistance and Call Completion Agreement appended hereto as Exhibit C, or as may be agreed to by the Parties. 7.2.2 The Party B operator shall only verify the status of the line (BLV) or interrupt the line to inform the called party that there is a call waiting (BLVI). The Party B operator will not complete the telephone call of the Customer initiating the BLV/BLVI request. The Party B operator will only make one BLV/BLVI attempt per Customer operator bureau telephone call, and the applicable charges apply whether or not the called party releases the line. 7.2.3 Each Party’s operator bureau shall accept BLV and BLVI inquiries from the operator bureau of the other Party in order to allow transparent provision of BLV/BLVI traffic between the Parties’ networks. 7.2.4 Each Party shall route BLV/BLVI Traffic inquiries over separate direct trunks (and not the Local/IntraLATA/InterLATA Trunks) established between the Parties’ respective operator bureaus. Each Party shall offer Interconnection for BLV/BLVI traffic at its operator services Tandem Office or other mutually agreed point in the LATA. Unless otherwise mutually agreed, the Parties shall configure BLV/BLVI trunks over the Interconnection architectures in accordance with the terms of Section 4, consistent with the Joint Implementation and Grooming Process. Party A shall outpulse the appropriate NPA, ATC Code, and Routing Code (operator code) to Party B.

BLV/BLVI Traffic. 7.2.1 If Party A decides or is required by a regulatory body of competent jurisdiction to offer BLV and BLVI services to enable its Customers to verify and/or interrupt calls of Party B’s Customers, Party B shall accept and respond to BLV and BLVI requests from the operator bureau of Party A. Each Party shall compensate the other Party for BLV and BLVI inquiries in accordance with the other Party’s Tariffed rates, the terms of the Directory Assistance and Call Completion Agreement appended hereto as Exhibit C, or as may be agreed to by the Parties. 7.2.2 The Party B operator shall only verify the status of the line (BLV) or interrupt the line to inform the called party that there is a call waiting (BLVI). The Party B operator will not complete the telephone call of the Customer initiating the BLV/BLVI request. The Party B operator will only make one BLV/BLVI attempt per Customer operator bureau telephone call, and the applicable charges apply whether or not the called party releases the line. 7.2.3 Each Party’s operator bureau shall accept BLV and BLVI inquiries from the operator bureau of the other Party in order to allow transparent provision of BLV/BLVI traffic between the Parties’ networks. 7.2.4 Each Party shall route BLV/BLVI Traffic inquiries over separate direct trunks (and not the Local/IntraLATA/InterLATA Trunks) established between the Parties’ respective operator bureaus. Each Party shall offer Interconnection for BLV/BLVI traffic at its operator services Tandem Office or other mutually agreed point in the LATA. Unless otherwise mutually agreed, the Parties shall configure BLV/BLVI trunks over the Interconnection architectures in accordance with the terms of Section 4, consistent with the Joint Implementation and Grooming Process. Party A shall outpulse the appropriate NPA, ATC Code, and Routing Code (operator code) to Party B.B.‌