47 CFR 52.5 - Definitions.
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§ 52.5
Definitions.
As used in this part:
(a) Incumbent local exchange carrier.
With respect to an area, an “incumbent local exchange carrier” is a local exchange carrier that:
(2)
(i)
On February 8, 1996, was deemed to be a member of the exchange carrier association pursuant to § 69.601(b) of this chapter ( 47 CFR 69.601(b) ); or
(ii)
Is a person or entity that, on or after February 8, 1996, became a successor or assign of a member described in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section.
(b)
North American Numbering Council (NANC). The “North American Numbering Council” is an advisory committee created under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C., App (1988), to advise the Commission and to make recommendations, reached through consensus, that foster efficient and impartial number administration.
(c)
North American Numbering Plan (NANP). The “North American Numbering Plan” is the basic numbering scheme for the telecommunications networks located in American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Turks & Caicos Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United States (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
(e) State commission.
The term “state commission” means the commission, board, or official (by whatever name designated) which under the laws of any state has regulatory jurisdiction with respect to intrastate operations of carriers.
(f) Telecommunications.
“Telecommunications” means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received.
(g) Telecommunications carrier.
A “telecommunications carrier” is any provider of telecommunications services, except that such term does not include aggregators of telecommunications services (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 226(a)(2) ).
(h) Telecommunications service.
The term “telecommunications service” refers to the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used.
(i) Service provider.
The term “service provider” refers to a telecommunications carrier or other entity that receives numbering resources from the NANPA, a Pooling Administrator or a telecommunications carrier for the purpose of providing or establishing telecommunications service.
[61 FR 47353, Sept. 6, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 37707, June 16, 2000; 71 FR 65750, Nov. 9, 2006]
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