Common use of Network Design and Management Clause in Contracts

Network Design and Management. A. The parties will work cooperatively to install and maintain reliable interconnected telecommunications networks, including but not limited to, maintenance contact numbers and escalation procedures. BellSouth will provide B. The interconnection of all networks will be based upon accepted industry/national guidelines for transmission standards and traffic blocking criteria. C. The parties will work cooperatively to apply sound network management principles by invoking appropriate network management controls to alleviate or prevent network congestion. D. Neither party intends to charge rearrangement, reconfiguration, disconnection, termination or other non-recurring fees that may be associated with the initial reconfiguration of either party's network interconnection arrangement contained in this Agreement. However, the interconnection reconfigurations will have to be considered individually as to the application of a charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties do intend to charge non-recurring fees for any additions to, or added capacity to, any facility or trunk purchased. Parties who initiate SS7 STP changes may be charged authorized non-recurring fees from the appropriate tariffs. E. The parties will provide Common Channel Signaling (CCS) information to one another, where available and technically feasible, in conjunction with all traffic in order to enable full interoperability of CLASS features and functions except for call return. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided, including automatic number identification (ANI), originating line information (OLI) calling party category, charge number, etc. All privacy indicators will be honored, and the parties agree to cooperate on the exchange of Transactional Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) messages to facilitate full interoperability of CCS-based features between the respective networks. F. For network expansion, the parties will review engineering requirements on a quarterly basis and establish forecasts for trunk utilization as required by Section V of this Agreement. New trunk groups will be implemented as stated by engineering requirements for both parties. G. The parties will provide each other with the proper call information, including all proper translations for routing between networks and any information necessary for billing where BellSouth provides recording capabilities. This exchange of information is required to enable each party to xxxx properly.

Network Design and Management. A. The parties Parties will work cooperatively to install and maintain reliable interconnected telecommunications networks, including but not limited to, maintenance contact numbers and escalation procedures. BellSouth Company will provideprovide written notice to TCA of changes in the information necessary for the transmission and routing of services using its local exchange facilities or networks, as well as of any other changes that would affect the interoperability of those facilities and networks. (1) Each Party shall provide to the other's surveillance management center a twenty-four (24)- hour contact number for network traffic management issues. A fax number and email address must also be provided to facilitate event notifications for planned mass calling events. (2) Each Party has the duty to alert the other to any network events that can result or have resulted in material service interruption, blocked calls, or negative changes in network performance. B. The interconnection of all networks Neither Party will be based upon accepted industry/national guidelines for transmission standards and traffic blocking criteria. C. The parties will work cooperatively to apply sound network management principles by invoking appropriate network management controls to alleviate or prevent network congestion. D. Neither party intends to charge rearrangement, reconfiguration, disconnection, termination or other non-recurring fees that may be associated with the initial reconfiguration of either partyParty's network interconnection arrangement contained in this Agreement. However, the interconnection reconfigurations will have to be considered individually as to the application of a charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties do intend to charge non-recurring fees for any additions to, or added capacity to, any facility or trunk purchased. Parties who initiate SS7 STP changes may be charged authorized non-recurring fees from the appropriate tariffs. E. C. The parties Parties will provide Common Channel Signaling (CCS) information to one another, where available and technically feasible, in conjunction with another for all traffic in order to enable full interoperability of CLASS features and functions except for call returnexchanged Traffic. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided, including automatic number identification (ANI), originating line information (OLI) calling party category, charge number, etc. All privacy indicators will be honored, and the parties Parties agree to cooperate on the exchange of Transactional Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) messages to facilitate full interoperability of CCS-based features between the respective networks. F. For network expansion, the parties will review engineering requirements on a quarterly basis and establish forecasts for trunk utilization as required by Section V of this Agreement. New trunk groups will be implemented as stated by engineering requirements for both parties. G. D. The parties Parties will provide each other with the proper call information, including all proper translations for routing between networks and any information necessary for billing where BellSouth provides recording capabilities. This exchange billing. E. Company will process TCA maintenance requests at no less than parity with the manner in which Company processes its own maintenance requests or maintenance requests of information its affiliates. F. Parties shall provide prior notification of any scheduled maintenance activity performed by the Parties that may be service affecting to the other Party. G. In the case of direct interconnection, each Party is required responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to enable the relevant, mutually agreed upon point of interconnection, and each party to xxxx properly.Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications

Network Design and Management. A. The parties Parties will work cooperatively to install and maintain reliable interconnected telecommunications networks, including but not limited to, maintenance contact numbers and escalation procedures. BellSouth Company will provideprovide written notice to AT&T Mobility of changes in the information necessary for the transmission and routing of services using its local exchange facilities or networks, as well as of any other changes that would affect the interoperability of those facilities and networks. (1) Each Party shall provide to the other's surveillance management center a twenty-four (24)-hour contact number for network traffic management issues. A fax number and email address must also be provided to facilitate event notifications for planned mass calling events. B. The interconnection of all networks Neither Party will be based upon accepted industry/national guidelines for transmission standards and traffic blocking criteria. C. The parties will work cooperatively to apply sound network management principles by invoking appropriate network management controls to alleviate or prevent network congestion. D. Neither party intends to charge rearrangement, reconfiguration, disconnection, termination or other non-recurring fees that may be associated with the initial reconfiguration of either partyParty's network interconnection arrangement contained in this Agreement. However, the interconnection reconfigurations will have to be considered individually as to the application of a charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties do intend to charge non-recurring fees for any additions to, or added capacity to, any facility or trunk purchased. Parties who initiate SS7 STP changes may be charged authorized non-recurring fees from the appropriate tariffs. E. C. The parties Parties will provide Common Channel Signaling (CCS) information to one another, where available and technically feasible, in conjunction with another for all traffic in order to enable full interoperability of CLASS features and functions except for call returnexchanged traffic. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided, including automatic number identification (ANI), originating line information (OLI) calling party category, charge number, etc. All privacy indicators will be honored, and the parties Parties agree to cooperate on the exchange of Transactional Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) messages to facilitate full interoperability of CCS-based features between the respective networks. F. For network expansion, the parties will review engineering requirements on a quarterly basis and establish forecasts for trunk utilization as required by Section V of this Agreement. New trunk groups will be implemented as stated by engineering requirements for both parties. G. D. The parties Parties will provide each other with the proper call information, including all proper translations for routing between networks and any information necessary for billing where BellSouth provides recording capabilities. This exchange billing. E. Company will process AT&T Mobility maintenance requests at no less than parity with the manner in which Company processes its own maintenance requests or maintenance requests of information its affiliates. F. In the case of Direct Interconnection, each Party is required responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to enable the relevant, mutually agreed upon point of interconnection, and each party to xxxx properlyParty will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications.

Network Design and Management. A. The parties Parties will work cooperatively to install and maintain reliable interconnected telecommunications networks, including but not limited to, maintenance contact numbers and escalation procedures. BellSouth The mutually agreed upon technical and operational interfaces, procedures and performance standards for interconnection between the Parties will provideconform to all generally accepted industry standards with regard to facilities, equipment and services. Company will provide written notice to Level 3 of changes in the information necessary for the transmission and routing of services using its local exchange facilities or networks, as well as of any other changes that would affect the interoperability of those facilities and networks. (1) Each Party shall provide to each other their surveillance management center twenty-four (24)-hour contact numbers for network traffic management issues. A fax number and email address must also be provided to facilitate event notifications for planned mass calling events. (2) Each Party has the duty to alert the other to any network events that can result or have resulted in material service interruption, blocked calls, or negative changes in network performance. B. The All interconnection of all networks facilities and trunking ordered by Level 3 from Company will be based upon accepted industry/national guidelines for transmission standards ordered using industry standard access service request (“ASR”) and traffic blocking criteria. C. The parties will work cooperatively to apply sound network management principles by invoking appropriate network management controls to alleviate or prevent network congestion. D. Neither party intends to be billed in accordance with the Company’s special access tariff. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, neither Party will charge rearrangement, reconfiguration, disconnection, termination or other non-recurring fees that may be associated with the initial reconfiguration of either party's Party’s network interconnection arrangement contained arrangementcontained in this Agreement. However, the interconnection reconfigurations will have to be considered individually as to the application of a charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties do intend to charge non-recurring fees for any additions to, or added capacity to, any facility or trunk purchased. Parties who initiate SS7 STP changes may be charged authorized non-recurring fees from the appropriate tariffs. E. C. The parties Parties will provide all industry required Common Channel Signaling (CCS) information to one another, where available and technically feasible, in conjunction with all traffic in order to enable full interoperability of CLASS features and functions except another for call returnexchanged traffic. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided, including automatic number identification (ANI), originating line information (OLI) calling party category, charge number, etc. All privacy indicators will be honored, and the parties Parties agree to cooperate on the exchange of Transactional Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) messages to facilitate full interoperability of CCS-based features between the respective networks. F. For network expansion, the parties will review engineering requirements on a quarterly basis and establish forecasts for trunk utilization as required by Section V of this Agreement. New trunk groups will be implemented as stated by engineering requirements for both parties. G. D. The parties Parties will provide each other with the proper call information, including all proper translations for routing between networks and any information necessary for billing where BellSouth provides recording capabilitiesbilling. E. Company will process Level 3 maintenance requests at no less than parity with the manner in which Company processes its own maintenance requests or maintenance requests of its Affiliates. F. Parties shall provide prior notification of any scheduled maintenance activity performed by the Parties that may be service affecting to the other Party. G. For direct interconnection, each Party is responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to the relevant, mutually agreed upon point of interconnection, and each Party will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications. H. It shall be the responsibility of each Party to program and update its own switches and network systems in accordance with the Local Exchange Routing Guide (“LERG”) in order to recognize and route traffic to the other Party’s assigned NXX codes at all times. This exchange Each Party has the responsibility to determine if a query is required, to launch the query, and to route the call to the appropriate switch or network in which thetelephone number resides. If a Party does not fulfill its N-1carrier responsibility, the other Party shall perform queries on calls to telephone numbers with portable NXXs received from the N-1 carrier and route the call to the appropriate switch or network in which the telephone number resides. A N-1 carrier shall be responsible for payment of information is required charges to enable each party to xxxx properlythe other Party for any queries, routing, and transport functions made on its behalf.

Network Design and Management. A. The parties Parties will work cooperatively to install and maintain reliable interconnected telecommunications networks, including but not limited to, maintenance contact numbers and escalation procedures. BellSouth Company will provideprovide written notice to TCA of changes in the information necessary for the transmission and routing of services using its local exchange facilities or networks, as well as of any other changes that would affect the interoperability of those facilities and networks. (1) Each Party shall provide to the other’s surveillance management center a twenty-four (24)-hour contact number for network traffic management issues. A fax number and email address must also be provided to facilitate event notifications for planned mass calling events. (2) Each Party has the duty to alert the other to any network events that can result or have resulted in material service interruption, blocked calls, or negative changes in network performance. B. The interconnection of all networks Neither Party will be based upon accepted industry/national guidelines for transmission standards and traffic blocking criteria. C. The parties will work cooperatively to apply sound network management principles by invoking appropriate network management controls to alleviate or prevent network congestion. D. Neither party intends to charge rearrangement, reconfiguration, disconnection, termination or other non-recurring fees that may be associated with the initial reconfiguration of either party's Party’s network interconnection arrangement contained in this Agreement. However, the interconnection reconfigurations will have to be considered individually as to the application of a charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties do intend to charge non-recurring fees for any additions to, or added capacity to, any facility or trunk purchased. Parties who initiate SS7 STP changes may be charged authorized non-recurring fees from the appropriate tariffs. E. C. The parties Parties will provide Common Channel Signaling (CCS) information to one another, where available and technically feasible, in conjunction with another for all traffic in order to enable full interoperability of CLASS features and functions except for call returnexchanged Traffic. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided, including automatic number identification (ANI), originating line information (OLI) calling party category, charge number, etc. All privacy indicators will be honored, and the parties Parties agree to cooperate on the exchange of Transactional Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) messages to facilitate full interoperability of CCS-based features between the respective networks. F. For network expansion, the parties will review engineering requirements on a quarterly basis and establish forecasts for trunk utilization as required by Section V of this Agreement. New trunk groups will be implemented as stated by engineering requirements for both parties. G. D. The parties Parties will provide each other with the proper call information, including all proper translations for routing between networks and any information necessary for billing where BellSouth provides recording capabilities. This exchange billing. E. Company will process TCA maintenance requests at no less than parity with the manner in which Company processes its own maintenance requests or maintenance requests of information its affiliates. F. Parties shall provide prior notification of any scheduled maintenance activity performed by the Parties that may be service-affecting for the other Party. G. In the case of direct interconnection, each Party is required responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to enable the relevant, mutually agreed upon point of interconnection, and each party to xxxx properlyParty will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications.

Network Design and Management. A. The parties Parties will work cooperatively to install and maintain reliable interconnected telecommunications networks, including but not limited to, maintenance contact numbers and escalation procedures. BellSouth Company will provideprovide written notice to Level 3 of changes in the information necessary for the transmission and routing of services using its local exchange facilities or networks, as well as of any other changes that would affect the interoperability of those facilities and networks. (1) Each Party shall provide to the other’s surveillance management center a twenty-four (24)-hour contact number for network traffic management issues. A fax number and email address must also be provided to facilitate event notifications for planned mass calling events. (2) Each Party has the duty to alert the other to any network events that can result or have resulted in material service interruption, blocked calls, or negative changes in network performance. B. The interconnection of all networks Neither Party will be based upon accepted industry/national guidelines for transmission standards and traffic blocking criteria. C. The parties will work cooperatively to apply sound network management principles by invoking appropriate network management controls to alleviate or prevent network congestion. D. Neither party intends to charge rearrangement, reconfiguration, disconnection, termination or other non-recurring fees that may be associated with the initial reconfiguration of either party's Party’s network interconnection arrangement contained in this Agreement. However, the interconnection reconfigurations will have to be considered individually as to the application of a charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties do intend to charge non-recurring fees for any additions to, or added capacity to, any facility or trunk purchased. Parties who initiate SS7 STP changes may be charged authorized non-recurring fees from the appropriate tariffs. E. C. The parties Parties will provide Common Channel Signaling (CCS) information to one another, where available and technically feasible, in conjunction with another for all traffic in order to enable full interoperability of CLASS features and functions except for call returnexchanged Traffic. All CCS signaling parameters will be provided, including automatic number identification (ANI), originating line information (OLI) calling party category, charge number, etc. All privacy indicators will be honored, and the parties Parties agree to cooperate on the exchange of Transactional Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) messages to facilitate full interoperability of CCS-based features between the respective networks. F. For network expansion, the parties will review engineering requirements on a quarterly basis and establish forecasts for trunk utilization as required by Section V of this Agreement. New trunk groups will be implemented as stated by engineering requirements for both parties. G. D. The parties Parties will provide each other with the proper call information, including all proper translations for routing between networks and any information necessary for billing where BellSouth provides recording capabilities. This exchange billing. E. Company will process Level 3 maintenance requests at no less than parity with the manner in which Company processes its own maintenance requests or maintenance requests of information its affiliates. F. Parties shall provide prior notification of any scheduled maintenance activity performed by the Parties that may be service affecting to the other Party. G. Each Party is required responsible for the transport of originating calls from its network to enable the relevant, mutually agreed upon point of interconnection, and each party to xxxx properlyParty will ensure that its facilities are compatible with the mutually agreed upon transmission and facility specifications.