§  51.701   Scope of transport and termination pricing rules.

   (a) The provisions of this subpart apply to reciprocal compensation for
   transport and termination of telecommunications traffic between LECs
   and other telecommunications carriers.

   (b) Telecommunications traffic. For purposes of this subpart,
   telecommunications traffic means:

   (1) Telecommunications traffic exchanged between a LEC and a
   telecommunications carrier other than a CMRS provider, except for
   telecommunications traffic that is interstate or intrastate exchange
   access, information access, or exchange services for such access ( see
   FCC 01-131, paragraphs 34, 36, 39, 42-43); or

   (2) Telecommunications traffic exchanged between a LEC and a CMRS
   provider that, at the beginning of the call, originates and terminates
   within the same Major Trading Area, as defined in § 24.202(a) of this
   chapter.

   (c) Transport. For purposes of this subpart, transport is the
   transmission and any necessary tandem switching of telecommunications
   traffic subject to section 251(b)(5) of the Act from the
   interconnection point between the two carriers to the terminating
   carrier's end office switch that directly serves the called party, or
   equivalent facility provided by a carrier other than an incumbent LEC.

   (d) Termination. For purposes of this subpart, termination is the
   switching of telecommunications traffic at the terminating carrier's
   end office switch, or equivalent facility, and delivery of such traffic
   to the called party's premises.

   (e) Reciprocal compensation. For purposes of this subpart, a reciprocal
   compensation arrangement between two carriers is one in which each of
   the two carriers receives compensation from the other carrier for the
   transport and termination on each carrier's network facilities of
   telecommunications traffic that originates on the network facilities of
   the other carrier.

   [ 61 FR 45619 , Aug. 29, 1996, as amended at  66 FR 26806 , May 15, 2001]