Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124 (2026)

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(a) All telecommunications services providers shall provide nondiscriminatory interconnection to their public networks under reasonable terms and conditions; and all telecommunications services providers shall, to the extent that it is technically and financially feasible, be provided desired features, functions and services promptly, and on an unbundled and non-discriminatory basis from all other telecommunications services providers.

(b) The Tennessee public utility commission shall, at a minimum, promulgate rules and issue such orders as necessary to implement the requirements of subsection (a) and to provide for unbundling of service elements and functions, terms for resale, interLATA presubscription, number portability, and packaging of a basic local exchange telephone service or unbundled features or functions with services of other providers.

(c) These rules shall also ensure that all telecommunications services providers who provide basic local exchange telephone service or its equivalent provide each customer a basic White Pages directory listing, provide access to 911 emergency services, provide free blocking service for 900/976 type services, provide access to telecommunications relay services, provide Lifeline and Link-Up Tennessee services to qualifying citizens of the state and provide educational discounts existing on June 6, 1995.

(d) The granting of applications for certificates of convenience and necessity to competing telecommunications service providers or the adoption of a price regulation plan for incumbent local exchange telephone companies is not dependent upon the promulgation of these rules.

Acts 1995, ch. 408, § 8.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1997–2016 · leading case: BellSouth Telecomm., Inc. v. Greer, 972 S.W.2d 663 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997).

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BellSouth Telecomm., Inc. v. Greer, 972 S.W.2d 663 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 8× “[9] Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124 (a). [10] Prior to 1995, the Commission could not permit new competitors to enter a market already served by another provider unless it found that the current service was "inadequate to meet the reasonable needs of the public.”

Bellsouth Advert. & Publ'g Corp. v. Tennessee Regulatory Auth., 79 S.W.3d 506 (Tenn. 2002). · cites it 8× “; Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124 (c) (Supp.2001).”

Hamilton Cnty. Emergency Commc'ns Dist. v. BellSouth Telecomm., LLC, 154 F. Supp. 3d 666 (E.D. Tenn. 2016). · cites it 2× “access to 911 emergency services _” Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124 . In April 1998, the TRA enacted a regulation to “provide specific rules for Incumbent Local Telecommunications Service Providers and Competing Local Telecommunications Service Providers to ensure the continuation of…”

Opinion With Judge Cain Specifically Concurring In Part Vi Thereof. P (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 7× “Having fulfilled the utility obligations of BST by providing “each customer a basic White Page directory listing” [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124 (c)], BAPCO has fulfilled all utility functions mandated by Tennessee statute and TRA has no further power under either state law or…”

Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc. D/B/A South Cent. Bell Tel. Co. v. Tennessee Regulatory Auth. (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “9 Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124 (a). 10 Prior to 1995, the Commission could not permit new competitors to enter a market already served by another provider unless it found that the current service was “inadequate to meet the reasonable needs of the public.”

Bellsouth BSE v. Tennessee Reg. Auth. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124 (a). At the state level, incumbent providers are also governed by specific provisions, again designed to facilitate entry into the local telephone service market by competitors.”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124(a) — 2 cases

BellSouth Telecomm., Inc. v. Greer, 972 S.W.2d 663 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “[9] Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124 (a). [10] Prior to 1995, the Commission could not permit new competitors to enter a market already served by another provider unless it found that the current service was "inadequate to meet the reasonable needs of the public.”

Bellsouth Advert. & Publ'g Corp. v. Tennessee Regulatory Auth., 79 S.W.3d 506 (Tenn. 2002). “; Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124 (c) (Supp.2001).”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124(c) — 1 case

Opinion With Judge Cain Specifically Concurring In Part Vi Thereof. P (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “Having fulfilled the utility obligations of BST by providing “each customer a basic White Page directory listing” [ Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-4-124 (c)], BAPCO has fulfilled all utility functions mandated by Tennessee statute and TRA has no further power under either state law or…”

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