(a) All telecommunications services providers shall provide non-discriminatory interconnection to their public networks under reasonable terms and conditions; and all telecommunications services providers shall, to the extent that it is technically and financially feasible, be provided desired features, functions and services promptly, and on an unbundled and non-discriminatory basis from all other telecommunications services providers.
(b) The Tennessee public utility commission shall, at a minimum, promulgate rules and issue such orders as necessary to implement the requirements of subsection (a) and to provide for unbundling of service elements and functions, terms for resale, interLATA presubscription, number portability, and packaging of a basic local exchange telephone service or unbundled features or functions with services of other providers.
(c) These rules shall also ensure that all telecommunications services providers who provide basic local exchange telephone service or its equivalent provide each customer a basic White Pages directory listing, provide access to 911 emergency services, provide free blocking service for 900/976 type services, provide access to telecommunications relay services, provide Lifeline and Link-Up Tennessee services to qualifying citizens of the state and provide educational discounts existing on June 6, 1995.
(d) The granting of applications for certificates of convenience and necessity to competing telecommunications service providers or the adoption of a price regulation plan for incumbent local exchange telephone companies is not dependent upon the promulgation of these rules.
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