T-Mobile Wins Appeal in Billing Dispute Over Puerto Rico Interconnection

摘要

A federal appeals court ruled that an interconnection agreement between T-Mobile and the Puerto Rico Telephone Co. wasn't discriminatory, because Section 252(i) of the Communications Act allows other entities to opt in under specified conditions. The case involves a 10-year-old billing dispute. The carriers agreed in 1999 and 2001 that some “intrastate access” services would be billed at a rate contained in the Puerto Rican company's federal tariff filed with the FCC.