B737 flight crew reported a taxiway incursion resulting in a ground conflict.

Attributes
ACN	1668288
Time
Date	201907
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 169 Flight Crew Type 169
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 337
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Taxiway

Narrative:

We landed [runway] xxr in ZZZ. Tower instructed us to cross [runway] 18L on east and contact ground on [frequency]. Captain continued taxi on east while first officer attempted contact on [frequency]. There was momentary radio congestion before contact was established. Ground control stated 'company XXXX; pass behind (other carrier) aircraft and continue taxi on east. At this time we were approaching C on east and (other carrier) aircraft was westbound on F and approaching a right turn onto C. ATC rightly observed that if we continued we would be unable to give way to (other carrier) aircraft and directed us to stop. Both (other carrier) aircraft and us stopped and then ATC directed (other carrier) aircraft to turn north on C as planned and we continued on east after he passed; without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported a taxiway incursion resulting in a ground conflict.

Narrative: We landed [Runway] XXR in ZZZ. Tower instructed us to cross [Runway] 18L on E and contact Ground on [frequency]. Captain continued taxi on E while First Officer attempted contact on [frequency]. There was momentary radio congestion before contact was established. Ground control stated 'Company XXXX; pass behind (other carrier) aircraft and continue taxi on E. At this time we were approaching C on E and (other carrier) aircraft was westbound on F and approaching a right turn onto C. ATC rightly observed that if we continued we would be unable to give way to (other carrier) aircraft and directed us to stop. Both (other carrier) aircraft and us stopped and then ATC directed (other carrier) aircraft to turn north on C as planned and we continued on E after he passed; without further incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.