Common use of E911/911 Services Clause in Contracts

E911/911 Services. 47.1.1 Where and to the extent BA provides E911/911 call routing to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (“PSAP”) to BA’s own end user retail Customers, BA shall provide to Sprint, for resold BA Resale Service dial tone lines, E911/911 call routing to the appropriate PSAP. BA shall provide Sprint Customer information for resold BA Resale Service dial tone lines to the PSAP as that information is provided to BA by Sprint where and to the same extent that BA provides BA Customer information to the PSAP. BA shall update and maintain, on the same schedule that BA uses for BA’s own end user retail Customers, for Sprint Customers served by resold BA Resale Service dial tone lines, the Sprint Customer information in BA’s E911 databases. To the extent technically feasible, the services provided by BA to Sprint under this Section 47.1.1 shall be provided at Parity. 47.1.2 Where Sprint provides service to Sprint’s Customers by a means other than through BA Resale Service dial tone lines (for instance, through unbundled Network Elements provided by BA), at such time as BA makes available to Sprint an electronic interface for entering E911 Customer information into the appropriate E911 databases, Sprint shall be responsible for entering E911 Customer information into the appropriate E911 databases. The electronic interface will be available no earlier than May 15, 1998. Prior to availability of the electronic interface, existing processes will be used and Sprint will provide E911 Customer information for Sprint Customers to BA for entry by BA into the appropriate BA E911 databases. 47.1.3 To the extent that it is necessary (whether as a requirement of Applicable Law or otherwise) for Sprint to enter into any agreements or other arrangements with governmental entities (or governmental entity contractors) related to E911/911 in order for Sprint to provide Telecommunications Services, Sprint shall at Sprint’s expense enter into such agreements and arrangements. Where this Section 47.1 or other portions of this Agreement refer to or describe E911/911 functions, services, or facilities as BA functions, services, or facilities, the Parties agree that, in New Jersey, some such functions, services, and facilities are provided, owned, or controlled not by BA but by the State of New Jersey, and that Sprint will look to the State of New Jersey, and not BA, and make arrangements with the State of New Jersey, and not BA, for the provision of such functions, services, and facilities. BA will cooperate with Sprint in identifying all such functions, services, and facilities that are provided, owned, or controlled by the State of New Jersey and in identifying the contact points and procedures BA believes will facilitate Sprint’s promptly securing such arrangements with the State of New Jersey as may be necessary for the effective provision of E911/911 service to Customers of Sprint.