Sec. 51.325  Notice of network changes: Public notice requirement.

    (a) An incumbent local exchange carrier (``LEC'') must provide 
public notice regarding any network change that:
    (1) Will affect a competing service provider's performance or 
ability to provide service; or
    (2) Will affect the incumbent LEC's interoperability with other 
service providers.
    (b) For purposes of this section, interoperability means the ability 
of two or more facilities, or networks, to be connected, to exchange 
information, and to use the information that has been exchanged.
    (c) Until public notice has been given in accordance with 
Secs. 51.325 through 51.335, an incumbent LEC may not disclose to 
separate affiliates, separated affiliates, or unaffiliated entities 
(including actual or potential competing service providers or 
competitors), information about planned network changes that are subject 
to this section.
    (d) For the purposes of Secs. 51.325 through 51.335, the term 
services means telecommunications services or information services.

[ 61 FR 47351 , Sept. 6, 1996]

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