47 U.S.C. § 1005 — Cooperation of equipment manufacturers and providers of telecommunications support services
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-414 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 160 words · no verdicts yet
Carriers must consult with equipment manufacturers and support-service providers so their systems meet required surveillance capabilities and capacity. Those manufacturers and providers must timely offer needed features or changes at a reasonable charge.
(a) Consultation. A telecommunications carrier* must timely consult as needed with manufacturers of its transmission and switching equipment and its support-service providers. The purpose is to ensure current and planned equipment, facilities, and services meet section 1002’s capability requirements and the Attorney General’s section 1003 capacity requirements. (b) Cooperation. Subject to sections 1003(e), 1007(a), and 1008(b) and (d), a manufacturer of transmission or switching equipment and a support-service provider must, within a reasonably timely period and for a reasonable charge, make available to carriers using its equipment, facilities, or services the features or modifications needed for those carriers to meet sections 1002 and 1003.
A telecommunications carrier* shall consult, as necessary, in a timely fashion with manufacturers of its telecommunications transmission and switching equipment and its providers of telecommunications support services* for the purpose of ensuring that current and planned equipment, facilities, and services comply with the capability requirements of section 1002 of this title and the capacity requirements identified by the Attorney General under section 1003 of this title.
Subject to sections 1003(e), 1007(a), and 1008(b) and (d) of this title, a manufacturer of telecommunications transmission or switching equipment and a provider of telecommunications support services shall, on a reasonably timely basis and at a reasonable charge, make available to the telecommunications carriers using its equipment, facilities, or services such features or modifications as are necessary to permit such carriers to comply with the capability requirements of section 1002 of this title and the capacity requirements identified by the Attorney General under section 1003 of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–414, title I, § 106, Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4284.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-414 · 108 Stat. 4284
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-414 on 1994-10-25.
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