NAC704.680461. Requirements for designation as eligible telecommunications carrier; issuance of order by Commission approving or denying application.

     1. A provider of telecommunication service who seeks designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier must file with the Commission an application in which the provider affirms that it:

     (a) Holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Commission that authorizes the provider of telecommunication service to provide basic service or is a county telephone line or system.

     (b) Offers the services described in 47 C.F.R. § 54.101 throughout the service area for which the provider of telecommunication service seeks designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier. Such services must be provided at rates and in accordance with terms that are nondiscriminatory and may be provided by the provider of telecommunication service using:

          (1) Its own facilities, which may include, without limitation, facilities obtained as unbundled network elements from another provider of telecommunication services; or

          (2) A combination of its own facilities and resale of the services of another provider of telecommunication service.

     (c) At least once every 3 months, advertises throughout the service area for which the provider of telecommunication service seeks designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier the availability of the services described in 47 C.F.R. § 54.101 and the rates and charges applicable to those services through prominent presentation in one or more forms of media of general distribution, including, without limitation, newspapers, television or radio.

     2. The Commission will issue an order approving or denying an application filed pursuant to subsection 1 within 90 days after receipt of the application.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R150-97, eff. 12-11-97; A by R187-05, 12-29-2005; R006-09, 10-27-2009)