United States First Circuit
Puerto Rico Telephone Co., Inc. v. T-Mobile Puerto Rico LLC, 11-1504
In a dispute regarding the applicable billing rate for a mobile phone company's use of certain services provided by an incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), the district court's ruling in favor of the ILEC is reversed, where: 1) the ILEC had standing to present the argument that the parties' interconnection agreement (ICA) was discriminatory in violation of 47 USC sections 251 and 252; but 2) the agreement was not discriminatory, because 47 USC section 252(i) allows other entities to opt-in to an ICA, under certain conditions; 3) there was no violation of the filed rate doctrine; and 4) the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico's state-law contractual determination was not arbitrary or capricious.
Appellate Information
- Decided 05/02/2012
- Published 05/02/2012
Judges
- Lynch
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jaime E. Toro-Monserrate, Eduardo R. Guzman