SECTION 165:55-1-1. Purpose; short title

(a)   This Chapter establishes the Oklahoma Corporation Commission Rules and Regulations Governing and Regulating the Operations of Telecommunications Service Providers and Telecommunications in Oklahoma which may be cited by the short title as the Oklahoma Telecommunications Rules.

(b)   This Chapter is intended to define good business practices under normal conditions, assure adequate service and prevent unfair charges to the customers and/or end-users and protect the telecommunications service provider from unreasonable demands.

(c)   This Chapter is further intended to allow Oklahoma consumers to receive timely benefits from lawful market-driven price and service competition among interexchange carriers ("IXCs") and telecommunications service providers in the long distance and local exchange markets by applying such regulatory requirements as are necessary to assure public access to long distance and local exchange services under tariff provisions and Terms of Service which are not unjustly discriminatory and to preclude unjust and unreasonable rates or charges in such markets. It is also intended that if an IXC provides local exchange service, the local exchange portion of its business shall be subject to the rules and regulations prescribed in this Chapter for telecommunications service providers.

(d)   Notwithstanding the provisions of OAC 165:55-1-12, nothing in this Chapter is intended to supersede the Commission's extant orders regarding intraLATA toll competition or imputation. In the event future Commission orders modify the scope of such competition or imputation, such orders shall be controlling.

[Source: Amended at 10 Ok Reg 2651, eff 6-25-93; Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2437, eff 7-1-96; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2661, eff 7-1-99; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 1549, eff 7-12-12]