Wireless Type 1 Interconnection Service (Type 1) is a finished service for Paging, Personal Communication Service (PCS), Cellular and Mobile services. It provides a switched connection to the Qwest Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). Type 1 is an Interconnection between your Point of Interface (POI) and the Qwest Switch, which is usually the POI's Serving Wire Center (SWC). As the physical demarcation between your network and the Qwest PSTN defines where one party's network responsibility ends and the other party's begins.
Because Type 1 is a finished service, Qwest provisions all connections necessary for complete connectivity between your POI and a Qwest terminating end office. Type 1 provides the routing of the traffic between your end-user and Qwest's end-user.
Type 1 is a trunk side connection with line treatment, except for a two-wire analog channel, which is available as a line side connection. All types of traffic and both directions of traffic (Land to Mobile and Mobile to Land) are routed over the Type 1 Interconnection.
Type 1 requires the assignment of blocks of numbers from a Qwest NPA NXX to the Wireless Service Provider (WSP). These numbers are generally assigned from the Qwest SWC.
The following subject areas provide an overview of Type 1:
Method of Interconnection
Qwest offers Entrance Facility as your method of interconnection. Entrance Facility is a facility provided by Qwest from your POI to the Qwest SWC.
Trunking
Analog and digital trunks are available for Type 1 service. You must request digital interconnection facilities for carriage of digital trunks.
Analog 2-Wire
Analog 4-Wire
Digital 4-Wire
Facility Levels
Trunk group connections will be made at a DS0, DS1 or DS3.
Signaling Requirements
Type 1 can be provisioned using Multi-Frequency (MF), Dial Pulse Multi-Frequency (DTMF) or Dial Pulse (DP).
Trunk Groups
Type 1 traffic - local, Directory Assistance (DA), 911/E911 and Operator Services (OS) may be carried on a single 2-way trunk group or a 1-way out going and 1-way incoming trunk groups. You may request a separate 2-way trunk group for each type of traffic. DA, 911/E911, and OS traffic are not carried on Type 1 trunks for paging.
Wireless Type 1 Service is available where facilities exist throughout Qwest's 14-state local service territory.
Type 1 terms and conditions are set forth in the State Exchange and Network Service Tariffs located in Tariffs/Catalogs/Price Lists or through your individual Interconnection Agreement.
You may purchase Type 1 out of the state tariff in the Qwest 14-state local service territory, except for the three states of North Dakota, South Dakota and Washington .
You may negotiate an Interconnection agreement with Qwest for any state. Members of Qwest's negotiation team negotiate these agreements See Qwest Wholesale Interconnection Agreement Negotiation Process for more information.
You may "pick and choose" an entire agreement or sections from multiple existing agreements to create their own agreement when negotiating a new agreement or upon the expiration of the existing agreement. In addition, if requirements are met, you may "pick and choose" from any subsequent agreement in effect to amend or replace your existing agreement.
The term of the agreement is either the same as that of the agreement picked in its entirety or the shortest term amongst the multiple agreements.
Technical characteristics can be found in the following Telcordia Special Reports (SRs), SR-2275, Notes on the Network.
Network Channel /Network Channel Interface (NC/NCI™) codes are described in Technical Publication, Network Channel (NC) codes and Network Channel Interface (NCI) Codes Combinations, 77203.
Recurring charges are comprised of the following rate elements:
Nonrecurring charges are comprised of the following rate elements:
Additional rate element information can be found in your Interconnection Agreement.
Wholesale rates for this product or service, including tariff references and any applicable discounts, are provided in your current Interconnection, Resale, Commercial, or other governing agreement.
Tariff, regulations and policies are located in the state specific Tariffs/Catalogs/Price Lists.
SHARP/SHARP Plus (Self-Healing Alternate Route Protection/Self-Healing Interoffice Protection) - Is provisioned solely on fiber optics and provides a separate facility path for the protection between the Qwest SWC and your premises. It protects you against failure of primary fiber route and the electronics in the local loop. The SHARP Plus* feature extends the same alternate route protection into the interoffice portion of the circuit.
Facility Protection - Provides you with continual communication. The two types of Facility Protection are Diversity and Avoidance, that can be requested separately or in combination. Diversity is a one-to-one alternate working circuit that is diversely routed from the primary circuit. Avoidance is a circuit that is physically routed to avoid a designated geographic location or wire center.
* NOTE: SHARP Plus is no longer available for new service requests. The grandparenting action will affect you in the following ways:
For additional information about the grandparenting of SHARP Plus contact your Qwest Service Manager.
Long Distance Restriction - Designed to restrict the your End-User from accessing the Intra or Inter LATA long distance networks (Mobile to Land).
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If you are a new WSP and are ready to do business with Qwest, view Getting Started as a Facility-Based WSP. If you are an existing WSP wishing to amend your Interconnection Agreement or Customer Questionnaire, additional information is located in the Interconnection Agreement.
Pre-ordering section does not apply to Type 1
Type 1 service requests are submitted using the following Access Service Ordering Guidelines (ASOG) forms:
Field entry requirements are described in the Access Service Request (ASR) Forms.
A Design Layout Record (DLR) request is requested through an ASR.
Service intervals are found in the Service Intervals Guide (SIG).
You can initiate trouble reports for Wholesale Products and Services via electronic or manual interfaces enabling you to initiate, change, and cancel trouble reports to Qwest. Qwest will update you on the status of your trouble report through final disposition. If your end-users experience problems with their wireless service, provisioned with Qwest provided products and services, their first point of contact is you, their wireless service provider. Prior to issuing a trouble report to Qwest, you must isolate your end-user's trouble to the Qwest provisioned product or service.
The electronic method is Customer Electronic Maintenance and Repair System (CEMR) it is a graphical user interface to Qwest Operation Support Systems for trouble administration activities such as creating and editing trouble reports, monitoring status and reviewing trouble history on Circuit IDs. To learn more about CEMR, see Customer Electronic Maintenance and Repair (CEMR).
The manual method for Type 1 maintenance and repair problems are reported to the Qwest Customer Service Center 800 784-3414.
Customer Records and Information System (CRIS) billing is described in Billing Information - Customer Records and Information System (CRIS).
Integrated Access Billing System (IABS™) billing is described in Billing Information - Integrated Access Billing System (IABS™).
View additional Qwest courses in the Course Catalog.
Qwest contact information is located in Account Team / Sales Executives and Service Managers.
For billing and service request questions contact:
| Qwest Wholesale Service Center | |
| Provisioning | 800 244-1271 |
| Billing | 800-335-5672 |
This section is being compiled based on your feedback.
Last Update: February 21, 2008
NC/NCI™ is a Trademark of Telcordia Technologies, Inc
IABS™ is a Trademark of Qwest Communications International, Inc.
