TC Systems, Inc. South Carolina - AT&T Clec Online

ACCESS TO OPERATIONS SUPPORT SYSTEMS (OSS)
1 General Conditions
Attachment 6
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1.1 This Attachment 6 sets forth the terms and conditions under which BellSouth
will provide TC SYSTEMS access to the following BellSouth Operations
Support Systems (“OSS”) functions. Access to these functions shall be via
various interfaces and personnel and may be used by TC SYSTEMS for preordering,
ordering, provisioning, maintenance and repair, and billing functions,
which are supported by BellSouth databases, information, and personnel.
1.2 BellSouth shall provide to TC SYSTEMS nondiscriminatory access to its OSS
and the necessary information contained therein in order that TC SYSTEMS
can perform the functions of pre-ordering, ordering, provisioning, maintenance
and repair, and billing. BellSouth shall provide such nondiscriminatory access
through electronic and/or manual interfaces, the capabilities of which are
described in this Attachment. BellSouth’s current interfaces are listed on its
interconnection website. Changes to such interfaces are subject to the Change
Control Process (CCP) as provided in Section 1.6 of this attachment. It is the
sole responsibility of TC SYSTEMS to obtain the technical capability to access
and utilize BellSouth's OSS. BellSouth shall provide to TC SYSTEMS all
relevant documentation (manuals, user guides, specifications, etc.) regarding
business rules and other formatting information, as well as practices and
procedures, necessary to ensure that local service requests (“LSRs”) are
efficiently processed. All documentation is accessible at BellSouth's
interconnection website, and is incorporated herein by reference.
1.3 Further, BellSouth shall provide to TC SYSTEMS any manual processes
available to other CLECs for pre-ordering, ordering, provisioning, and billing
functions via BellSouth’s Local Service Center, and for repair and maintenance
functions through BellSouth’s Local Operations Center. TC SYSTEMS shall
use its best efforts to utilize BellSouth’s electronic interfaces. However,
should TC SYSTEMS use manual processes, TC SYSTEMS shall pay
BellSouth the additional charges associated with these manual processes, as set
forth in this Agreement. In the event that BellSouth's electronic interfaces are
unavailable or unable to process electronic requests that normally have
electronic ordering capability, and such occasion is due to system failures or
internal program issues, and thereby causing TC SYSTEMS to submit a
manual request, TC SYSTEMS shall be entitled to an electronic ordering
charge as set forth in this Agreement.
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