Common use of Interconnection in Additional LATAs Clause in Contracts

Interconnection in Additional LATAs. 4.5.1 If TCG determines to offer Telephone Exchange Services and to interconnect with Verizon in any LATA in which Verizon also offers Telephone Exchange Services and in which the Parties are not already interconnected pursuant to this Agreement, TCG shall provide written notice to Verizon of the need to establish Interconnection in such LATA pursuant to this Agreement. 4.5.2 The notice provided in Section 4.5.1 shall include (a) the initial Rating Point(s) TCG has designated in the new LATA; (b) the relevant TCG switch(es) to be established in the relevant LATA in accordance with this Agreement; (c) TCG’s intended Interconnection activation date and (d) a forecast of TCG’s trunking requirements conforming to Section 10.3. Within ten (10) business days of Verizon’s receipt of TCG’s notice provided for in Section 4.5.1, Verizon and TCG shall confirm the Verizon switch(es), the TCG switch(es) and the Interconnection activation date for the new LATA. 4.5.3 The Interconnection activation date in a new LATA shall be mutually agreed to by the Parties after receipt by Verizon of all necessary information. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, such Interconnection activation date shall not be earlier than sixty (60) days, and not later than one hundred eighty (180) days, after receipt by Verizon of all necessary information. This subsection 4.5.3 shall not apply to Mid-Span Fiber Meet arrangements set forth in Section 4.3.