Meet-Point Billing definition

Meet-Point Billing. (MPB) refers to the billing associated with interconnection of facilities between two or more LECs for the routing of traffic to and from an IXC with which one of the LECs does not have a direct connection. In a multi-bill environment, each Party bills the appropriate tariffed rate for its portion of a jointly provided Switched Exchange Access Service.
Meet-Point Billing or "MPB" or "Jointly Provided Switched Access" or "JPSA" refers to an arrangement whereby two (2) or more Telecommunications Carriers including an ILEC, CLEC or CMRS carrier 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 ILEC, CLEC or CMRS carrier receiving an appropriate share of the revenues from the IXC as defined by their effective Switched Access Tariffs or, if applicable, CMRS contract.
Meet-Point Billing or "MPB" or "Jointly Provided Switched Access" or "JPSA" refers to an arrangement whereby two (2) or more LECs (including a LEC and CLEC) 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 CLEC) receiving an appropriate share of the revenues from the IXC as defined by their effective switched access Tariffs.

Examples of Meet-Point Billing in a sentence

  • VI.2.4 Each Party shall coordinate and exchange the billing account reference (“BAR”) and billing account cross reference (“BACR”) numbers for the Meet-Point Billing service.

  • This Article governs the provision of internetwork facilities (i.e., physical interconnection services and facilities), Meet-Point Billing (MPB) between Spectra and CD, or by CD to Spectra and the transport, termination and billing of the specified traffic between the Parties.


More Definitions of Meet-Point Billing

Meet-Point Billing or "MPB" refers to an arrangement whereby two LECs jointly provide the transport element of a switched access service to one of the LEC's end office switches, with each LEC receiving an appropriate share of the transport element revenues as defined by their effective access tariffs.
Meet-Point Billing means the process whereby each Party bills the appropriate tariffed rate for its portion of a jointly provided Switched Exchange Access Service as agreed to in the Agreement for Switched Access Meet Point Billing.
Meet-Point Billing means the process whereby each Party bills the appropriate tariffed rate for its portion of a jointly provided Switched Exchange Access Service.
Meet-Point Billing or “MPB” means an arrangement whereby two or more LECs jointly provide to a third party the transport element of a Switched Exchange Access Service to one of the LECs’ End Office Switches, with each LEC receiving an appropriate share of the transport element revenues as defined by their effective Exchange Access tariffs. “Meet-Point Billing Traffic” means traffic that is subject to an effective Meet-Point Billing arrangement.
Meet-Point Billing or "MPB" refers to an arrangement whereby two local providers jointly provide the transport element of a switched access service to one of the local provider’s end office switches, with each local provider receiving an appropriate share of the transport element revenues as defined by their effective access tariffs.
Meet-Point Billing. (MPB) refers to the billing associated with interconnection of facilities between two or more LECs for the routing of traffic to and from an IXC with which one of the LECs does not have a direct connection. In a multi-bill environment, each Party bills the appropriate tariffed rate for its portion of a jointly provided Switched Exchange Access Service. 1.1. 108 “Meet-Point Trunks/Trunk Groups” (MPTGs) are used for the joint provision of Switched Access services, pursuant to Telcordia Technical References GR-394-CORE “GR-394” and GR-317-CORE “GR-317”. MPTGs are those between a local End Office and an Access Tandem as described in FSD 20-24-0000 and 20-24-0300.
Meet-Point Billing. OR "MPB" refers to an arrangement whereby two LECs jointly provide the transport element of a switched access service to one of the LEC's end office switches, with each LEC receiving an appropriate share of the transport element revenues as defined by their effective access tariffs.