Legal Opinion
MPower Communications Corp. v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 2006No. 05-3552, 05-3677PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 requires the local phone companies that were spun off from the old AT&T to supply services that will enable new entrants to compete in the business. 47 U.S.C. §§ 251-54. It is conventional to call the established phone companies incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), their rivals competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), and the services that the CLECs want to buy “unbundled network elements” or UNEs. The 1996 Act requires ILECs to negotiate with CLECs for contracts that specify the price that CLECs pay for UNEs. If they…
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