Legal Opinion
Puerto Rico Telephone Co. v. Telecommunications Regulatory Board
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 9, 2011No. 10-1983, 10-2028PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of negotiations for interconnection 1 between two telecommunications companies — the incumbent Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. (“PRTC”) and its competitor, WorldNet Telecommunications, Inc. (“WorldNet”). After several failed attempts to forge a voluntary interconnection agreement (“ICA”) with PRTC, WorldNet filed a Petition for Arbitration with the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico (“the Board”). PRTC and WorldNet contested hundreds of provisions in the developing agreement before an arbitrator, then continued to contest a…
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