PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE v. TELECOMM. REGULATORY BD.

Nos. 10-1983, 10-2028.

665 F.3d 309 (2011)

PUERTO RICO TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY BOARD OF PUERTO RICO; Sandra Torres-López, in her official capacity as President of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico; Gloria Escudero-Morales, in her official capacity as Associate Member of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico; Nixyvette Santini-Hernández, in her official capacity as Associate Member of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico; WorldNet Telecommunications, Inc., Defendants, Appellees. WorldNet Telecommunications, Inc., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc., Defendant, Appellant, Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico; Sandra Torres-López, in her official capacity as President of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico; Gloria Escudero-Morales, in her official capacity as Associate Member of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico; Nixyvette Santini-Hernández, in her official capacity as Associate Member of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eduardo R. Guzmán-Casas , with whom Joe D. Edge and Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, was on brief for appellant.

Robert F. Reklaitis , with whom Leslie Paul Machado and LeClairRyan , were on brief for appellees Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico.

Lawrence R. Freedman , with whom Fleischman & Harding LLP, Frank A. Rullán , and Gray Robinson, P.A., was on brief for appellee WorldNet Telecommunications, Inc.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of negotiations for interconnection1 between two telecommunications companies—the incumbent Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. ("PRTC") and its competitor, WorldNet Telecommunications, Inc. ("WorldNet"). After several failed attempts to forge a voluntary interconnection agreement ("ICA") with PRTC, WorldNet filed a Petition for Arbitration with the Telecommunications Regulatory Board...

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