Glossary

Telecomminication glossary

36 definitions.

ACCESS LINE OR SUBSCRIBER LINE: The circuit or channel between the demarcation point at the customer's premises and the serving end or class 5 central office.
CALL AGGREGATOR: Any person or entity that provides telecommunications service to the transient public, including but not limited to hotels, motels, resort condominiums, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, and rooming houses.
CENTRAL OFFICE: A location where there is an assembly of equipment that establishes the connections between subscriber lines, trunks, switched access circuits, private line facilities, and special access facilities with the rest of the telephone network.
CENTRAL OFFICE CODE: The first three digits (NXX) of the seven-digit telephone number assigned to a customer's telephone exchange service.
CLEC: Competitive Local Exchange Company. Any company certificated by the Commission to provide local exchange telecommunications service in Florida on or after July 1, 1995.
COMPANY TELEPHONE COMPANY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, UTILITY: These terms may be used interchangeably herein and refer to any person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged in the business of furnishing two-way telecommunications service to the public for hire under the jurisdiction of the Commission.
COMPANY TELEPHONE COMPANYTELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY UTILITY: These terms may be used interchangeably herein and refer to any person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged in the business of furnishing two-way telecommunications service to the public for hire under the jurisdiction of the Commission.
COMPANY, TELEPHONE COMPANY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, UTILITY: These terms may be used interchangeably herein and refer to any person, firm, partnership or corporation engaged in the business of furnishing two-way telecommunications service to the public for hire under the jurisdiction of the Commission.
DEDICATED FACILITY: A transmission circuit which is permanently for the exclusive use of a customer or a pair of customers.
END USER: The occupant of the premises who uses and pays for the telephone service received and does not resale it to others.
EXCHANGE: The entire telephone plant and facilities used in providing telephone service to subscribers located in an exchange area. An exchange may include more than one central office unit.
EXCHANGE (SERVICE) AREA: The territory of a local exchange company (LEC) within which local telephone service is furnished at the exchange rates applicable within that area.
EXTENDED AREA SERVICE: A type of telephone service whereby subscribers of a given exchange or area may complete calls to, and receive messages from, one or more other exchanges or areas without toll charges, or complete calls to one or more other exchanges or areas without toll…
FACILITIES BASED: An CLEC that has its own transmission and/or switching equipment or other elements of equipment and does not rely on others to provide this service or purchases unbundled network elements from the LEC.
FEATURE GROUPS: Separate switching arrangements available from local exchange carrier (LEC) end central offices to interexchange (long distance) carriers. These switching arrangements allow the end users to make toll calls via their chosen long distance carrier. Feature…
FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICES: A classification of LEC exchange service furnished under tariff provisions whereby a subscriber may be provided telephone service from an exchange other than the one from which he would normally be served.
INFORMATION SERVICE: Telephone calls made to 900 or 976 type services, but does not include Internet services.
INTER-OFFICE CALL: A telephone call originating in one central office but terminating in another central office, both of which are in the same designated exchange area.
INTEREXCHANGE (LONG DISTANCE) COMPANY (IXC): Any telephone company, as defined in Section 364.02(12), F.S. (excluding Payphone Providers), which provides telecommunications service between local calling areas as described in the approved tariffs of individual local exchange companies (LECs).
INTRA-OFFICE CALL: A telephone call originating and terminating within the same central office.
INTRA-STATE TOLL MESSAGE: Toll messages which originate and terminate within Florida.
LOCAL ACCESS AND TRANSPORT AREA (LATA) OR MARKET AREA: A geographical area, which is loosely based on Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs), within which a LEC may transport telecommunication signals.
LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY (LEC): Any company certificated by the Commission to provide local exchange telecommunications service in Florida on or before June 30, 1995.
LOCAL PROVIDER (LP): Any telecommunications company providing local telecommunications service, excluding pay telephone providers and call aggregators.
LOCAL SERVICE AREA OR LOCAL CALLING AREA: The area within which telephone service is furnished to subscribers under a specific schedule of rates and without toll charges. A LECs local service area may include one or more exchange areas or portions of exchange areas.
LOCAL TOLL PROVIDER (LTP): Any telecommunications company providing intraLATA or intramarket area long distance telecommunications service.
PAY TELEPHONE SERVICE COMPANY: Any telephone company which provides pay telephone service as defined in Section 364.3375, F.S.
PRICE LIST: Document filed with the Commission by an CLEC detailing services, rates, and charges offered by the company to all potential customers.
Reseller: Resellers are usually smaller companies that still try to build their customers base. They don't own the server with user accounts but can perform most administrative functions.
RESELLER: An CLEC that does not have certain facilities but purchases telecommunications service from a LEC and then resells that service to others.
STATION: A telephone instrument consisting of a transmitter, receiver, and associated apparatus so connected as to permit sending and/or receiving telephone messages.
SUBSCRIBER CUSTOMER: Terms used interchangeably to mean any person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, cooperative organization, or governmental agency supplied with communication service by a telecommunications company.
SUBSCRIBER, CUSTOMER: Terms used interchangeably to mean any person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, cooperative organization, or governmental agency supplied with communication service by a telecommunications company.
SWITCHING CENTER: Location at which telephone traffic, either local or toll, is switched or connected from one circuit or line to another. A local switching center may be comprised of several central office units.
TRUNK: A communication channel between central office units or entities, or private branch exchanges.
UNBUNDLED NETWORK ELEMENTS (UNE): Physical and functional elements of the network, e.g., NIDs (Network Interface Devices), local loops, switch ports, and dedicated common transport facilities. UNE is a term used in negotiations between an CLEC and the LEC to describe the various network…