69-3-835. Voluntary negotiation of interconnection agreements. Upon receiving a request for interconnection, services, or network elements pursuant to 69-3-834, an incumbent local exchange carrier may negotiate and enter into a binding agreement with the requesting telecommunications carrier without regard to the duties set forth in 69-3-834(2)(b) or (2)(c). The agreement must include a detailed schedule of itemized charges for interconnection and each service or network element included in the agreement.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 349, L. 1997.