52 Pa. Code § 53.60 - Promotional offerings and bundled service packages

(a) Promotional offerings. Competitive telecommunications carriers and local exchange telecommunication companies are not required to provide cost support for tariff filings involving a promotional service offering for noncompetitive services so long as the promotional offering does not result in any type of price increase to customers unless requested by the Commission.

(1) A local exchange telecommunications company and competitive telecommunications carrier tariff filings involving a promotional service offering for noncompetitive services will become effective on 1-day's notice. Local exchange telecommunications companies and competitive telecommunications carriers shall provide a 10-day advance notice to any resellers that purchase the promotional service offering from the local exchange telecommunications company or competitive telecommunications carrier making the tariff filing.

(2) [Reserved].

(3) Competitive telecommunications carriers and local exchange telecommunications companies that file promotional service offerings for noncompetitive services under this subsection shall confirm in their filing that subscribers to the promotional service offerings will be required to respond affirmatively at any time the promotional service is being offered if they wish to continue the service beyond the promotional period.

(4) Promotional service offerings may not have a duration of longer than 6 months in any rolling 12-month period which commences as of the effective date of the filed promotion.

(5) No filing requirements exist for promotional service offerings involving competitive services.

(b) Bundled service packages. Local exchange telecommunications companies and competitive telecommunications carriers are relieved from an obligation to provide cost support for tariff filings involving bundled service packages unless cost support documentation is requested by the Commission.

(1) When a local exchange telecommunications company's or competitive telecommunications carrier's bundled service packages include both competitive and noncompetitive services, these bundled service packages shall meet any applicable State law or regulation regarding cost justification, the prohibition from using revenues earned or expenses incurred in conjunction with noncompetitive services to subsidize competitive services and the standards regarding discrimination and unfair pricing.

(2) [Reserved].

(3) No filing requirements exist in this subpart for a local exchange telecommunications company's or competitive telecommunications carrier's bundled service packages composed entirely of competitive services.

(c) [Reserved].

Notes

52 Pa. Code § 53.60

The provisions of this § 53.60 adopted December 1, 2000, effective 12/2/2000, 30 Pa.B. 6202; amended August 12, 2022, effective 8/13/2022, 52 Pa.B. 5049.

The provisions of this § 53.60 issued under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 501 and 1501; and section 612 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § 232); amended under 66 Pa.C.S. § 3019(b)(2) and (3).

This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 53.57 (relating to definitions).