37-15-404. Protection of telecommunications consumers.

(a) No telecommunications company shall unreasonably discriminate as to customers in prices, terms or conditions of service, or in connection to or with other telecommunications companies. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any telecommunications company from:

(i) Providing volume or other price discounts based on reasonable, nonpredatory business practices;

(ii) Passing through any state, municipal or local taxes to the customers in the area where the tax is levied; or

(iii) Furnishing free or reduced price service to its current or pensioned employees and dependent members of their families, as defined in the applicable price schedules on file with the commission.

(b) The commission shall not give unreasonably discriminatory or preferential treatment in its regulation of any telecommunications company.

(c) A telecommunications company providing a noncompetitive telecommunications service shall not discontinue providing the service without the commission's approval.

(d) A telecommunications company shall not:

(i) Fail to disclose in a timely and uniform manner information necessary for the design of equipment and services that will meet the specifications of interconnection;

(ii) Fail or refuse to provide a service or product in accordance with the telecommunications company's tariffs, price lists or contracts and within the commission's applicable rules and orders.

(e) The commission may adopt rules and regulations to provide for:

(i) The interconnection of telecommunications companies' networks at nondiscriminatory and reasonable rates, terms and conditions;

(ii) The effective and efficient interoperability of telecommunications companies' networks;

(iii) The unbundling of services into reasonable basic network features;

(iv) The administration and allocation of phone numbers to the extent technically and economically feasible;

(v) Telephone number portability to the full extent technically feasible; and

(vi) The resale and sharing of services and functions at reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates.

(f) No telecommunications company shall engage in anti-competitive behavior, including, but not limited to, discrimination in favor of its affiliates.