§ 64.2103   Retention of call attempt records.

   (a) Except as described in § 64.2107, each covered provider shall record and
   retain information about each call attempt to a rural OCN from subscriber
   lines for which the covered provider makes the initial long-distance call
   path choice in a readily retrievable form for a period that includes the six
   most recent complete calendar months.

   (b) Affiliated covered providers may record and retain the information
   required by this rule individually or in the aggregate.

   (c) A call attempt that is returned by an intermediate provider to the
   covered provider and reassigned shall count as a single call attempt.

   (d) Call attempts to toll-free numbers, as defined in § 52.101(f) of this
   chapter, are excluded from these requirements.

   (e)  IntraLATA toll calls carried entirely over the covered provider's
   network or handed off by the covered provider directly to the terminating
   local  exchange  carrier  or directly to the tandem switch serving the
   terminating local exchange carrier's end office (terminating tandem), are
   excluded from these requirements.

   (f) The information contained in each record shall include:

   (1) The calling party number;

   (2) The called party number;

   (3) The date;

   (4) The time;

   (5) An indication whether the call attempt was handed off to an intermediate
   provider or not and, if so, which intermediate provider;

   (6) The rural OCN associated with the called party number;

   (7) An indication whether the call attempt was interstate or intrastate;

   (8) An indication whether the call attempt was answered, which may take the
   form of an SS7 signaling cause code or SIP signaling message code associated
   with each call attempt; and

   (9) An indication whether the call attempt was completed to the incumbent
   local exchange carrier but signaled as busy, ring no answer, or unassigned
   number. This indication may take the form of an SS7 signaling cause code or
   SIP signaling message code associated with each call attempt.

   Effective Date Note: At  79 FR 73237 , Dec. 10, 2014, § 64.2103, paragraph (e)
   was redesignated as paragraph (f) and a new (e) was added. Paragraphs (e)
   and (f) contain information collection and recordkeeping requirements and
   will not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of
   Management and Budget.

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