New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 14 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 10 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Subchapter 12 - MASS MIGRATION UPON TSP DEPARTURE FROM A SERVICE TERRITORY › Section 14:10-12.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
				  shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
"Acquiring TSP" means the telecommunications service provider
				  (TSP) that has entered into an agreement with the departing TSP to acquire the
				  departing TSP's end user base.
"Alternative TSP" means a TSP, other than the acquiring TSP,
				  which has been selected by an end user of the departing TSP to be the end
				  user's service provider after the departure of the departing TSP.
"Competitive local exchange carrier" or "CLEC" has the same
				  meaning as is assigned to this term
				  14:10-1.2.
"Cutover coordinator" means a person designated by the
				  acquiring, or alternative, TSP, who is responsible for the line-by-line
				  transfer of accounts from the departing TSP to the acquiring or alternative
				  TSP. The cutover coordinator works under the direction of the project manager,
				  as defined in this section.
"Cut-off date" means the date by which end users must select
				  an alternative TSP or else be automatically transferred to the acquiring TSP,
				  if there is one.
"Departing TSP" means the telecommunications service provider
				  (TSP) that is exiting its New Jersey service territory in whole or in
				  part.
"Departure date" means the date on which the departing TSP
				  ceases to provide service.
"End user" has the same meaning as is assigned to this term
				  in
				  14:3-1.1.
"Firm order confirmation" or "FOC," also known as local
				  service request confirmation (LSC), means a notification from the departing TSP
				  or from a network service provider to the acquiring TSP that the LSR, as
				  defined in this section, is correct and stating the scheduled completion date
				  for the service activity requested in the LSR.
"Full facilities-based" means a TSP that uses its own
				  facilities, that is, local loop, transport and switch(es), to provide
				  telecommunications service to end users.
"Incumbent local exchange carrier" or "ILEC" has the same
				  meaning as is assigned to this term in
				  14:10-1.2.
"Local exchange carrier" or "LEC" has the same meaning as is
				  assigned to this term in
				  14:10-1.2.
"Local service request" or "LSR" means an electronic or
				  written communication that a TSP must send to a network service provider and/or
				  a departing TSP to request a transfer of, or a change to, an end user's
				  existing service, including a change that involves the porting of a telephone
				  number.
"Migration manager" or "migration coordinator" means a person
				  designated by the departing and/or acquiring TSP to coordinate end user
				  migrations between the departing TSP and the acquiring TSP or the alternative
				  TSP. The migration manager would also be the point of contact with Board
				  staff.
"North American Numbering Plan Administrator" or "NANPA"
				  means the company selected by the Federal Communications Commission to consult
				  with and provide assistance to regulatory authorities and national
				  administrators to ensure that numbering resources are used in the best
				  interests of all participants in the North American Numbering Plan.
"National Emergency Number Association" or "NENA" means the
				  membership association whose mission is to promote research, planning, training
				  and education to promote the implementation and improvement of 9-1-1
				  service.
"Network service provider" or "NSP" means a TSP that provides
				  the network platform by which service is delivered to an end user.
"NXX code" has the same meaning as is assigned to this term
				  in
				  14:10-3.1.
"Program manager" means the person responsible for
				  coordinating a mass migration, monitoring compliance with this subchapter, and
				  ensuring communication between the participants in the mass migration. The
				  acquiring TSP shall designate the program manager. The program manager shall be
				  selected from one of the TSPs involved in the migration, and may or may not be
				  an employee of the acquiring TSP.
"Project manager" means a person assigned by each TSP
				  involved in a mass migration:
1. To
				ensure that the TSP complies with this subchapter; and
2. To be the official point of contact
				assigned to represent each participant in the mass migration process.
"Resale migration" means a mass migration that involves the
				  reseller's end users in the territory that is being exited by the departing
				  TSP.
"Reseller" means a telecommunications service provider that
				  purchases telecommunications services from a facilities-based
				  telecommunications provider and provides those services to its own retail end
				  users.
"Service order discrepancy" means any discrepancy between the
				  information which the end user has supplied to the TSP and the information that
				  a TSP has on file for that end user.
"Telecommunications service provider" or "TSP" has the same
				  meaning as is assigned to the term
				  14:10-1.2.
"Unbundled network elements" or "UNE" means the components of
				  an ILEC's telecommunications network that the ILEC is required, under
				  47 U.S.C. §
											251(C)(3), to lease to CLECs
				  on an unbundled basis.
"Unbundled network element loop" or "UNE-L" means an
				  unbundled network element (UNE) that is a local loop serving as a transmission
				  facility between the main distribution frame (MDF) in an ILEC central office
				  and the point of demarcation at an end user's premises.
"Unbundled network elements platform" or "UNE-P" means a
				  combination of unbundled network elements which are used by a CLEC to provide
				  local exchange service and associated switched exchange access, consisting of
				  the local loop, transport and switching.