---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 20.11"
title: "47"
number: "20.11"
heading: "Interconnection to facilities of local exchange carriers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/20.11"
---

# §20.11. Interconnection to facilities of local exchange carriers.

- (a) A local exchange carrier must provide the type of interconnection reasonably requested by a mobile service licensee or carrier, within a reasonable time after the request, unless such interconnection is not technically feasible or economically reasonable. Complaints against carriers under section 208 of the Communications Act, [47 U.S.C. 208](/usc/47/208.md), alleging a violation of this section shall follow the requirements of [§§ 1.711-1.734](/cfr/47/1.711-1.734.md) of this chapter, [47 CFR 1.711-1.734](/cfr/47/1.711-1.734.md).
- (b) Local exchange carriers and commercial mobile radio service providers shall exchange Non-Access Telecommunications Traffic, as defined in [§ 51.701](/cfr/47/51.701.md) of this chapter, under a bill-and-keep arrangement, as defined in [§ 51.713](/cfr/47/51.713.md) of this chapter, unless they mutually agree otherwise.
- (c) Local exchange carriers and commercial mobile radio service providers shall also comply with applicable provisions of [part 51](/cfr/47/part51.md) of this chapter.
- (d) Local exchange carriers may not impose compensation obligations for traffic not subject to access charges upon commercial mobile radio service providers pursuant to tariffs.
- (e) An incumbent local exchange carrier may request interconnection from a commercial mobile radio service provider and invoke the negotiation and arbitration procedures contained in [section 252](/cfr/47/252.md) of the Act. A commercial mobile radio service provider receiving a request for interconnection must negotiate in good faith and must, if requested, submit to arbitration by the state commission.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 18495, Apr. 19, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 45619, Aug. 29, 1996; 70 FR 16145, Mar. 30, 2005; 76 FR 73852, Nov. 29, 2011; 77 FR 1640, Jan. 11, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152(a), 154(i), 155, 157, 160, 201, 214, 222, 251(e), 301, 302a, 303, 303(b), 303(r), 307, 307(a), 309, 309(j)(3), 316, 316(a), 332, 610, 615, 615a, 615b, and 615c, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 18495, Apr. 19, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 18495, Apr. 19, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 45619, Aug. 29, 1996; 70 FR 16145, Mar. 30, 2005; 76 FR 73852, Nov. 29, 2011; 77 FR 1640, Jan. 11, 2012]