N.M. Code R. § 17.11.17.7 - DEFINITIONS
As used in this rule:
A.
basic local exchange service
means the customer's voice grade access to the public switched network, Dual
Tone Multifrequency (DTMF) signaling or its functional equivalent, and access
to emergency services (911 and E-911), operator services, toll services,
directory assistance, and toll blocking services for qualifying low income
customers.
B.
carrier
means any person that furnishes telecommunications service to the public
subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, regardless of the facilities
used and regardless of whether the person relies in part or entirely on another
carrier's facilities.
C.
competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) means a carrier that provides
competitive local exchange service in its service area and is not an
ILEC.
D.
high-speed data
services means technology that supports data transmission at a minimum
rate of 56 kilobits per second in the consumer-to-carrier direction, and at a
minimum rate of 200 kilobits per second in the carrier-to-consumer
direction.
E.
incumbent
local exchange carrier (ILEC) means a person, or an affiliate of a
person, that was authorized to provide local exchange service in New Mexico on
February 8, 1996, or a successor or assignee of the person or affiliate. A
carrier will also be treated as an ILEC if the Federal Communications
Commission determines that such provider (or class or category of carrier)
shall be treated as an ILEC pursuant to
47 U.S.C. Section
251(h)(2).
F.
interconnection means the
linking of two (2) networks for the mutual exchange of traffic, but does not
include the transport and termination of traffic.
G.
loop means a transmission
facility between a distribution frame (or its equivalent) in a central office
and a demarcation point at an end user customer premises.
H.
unbundled network element
(UNE) means a facility or equipment used in the provision of a
telecommunications service that an ILEC must provide to any requesting carrier
on an unbundled basis, pursuant to Section 251(c)(3) of the Telecommunications
Act of 1996, Pub. L. No.
104-104 (1996). The term includes, but is not
limited to, features, functions, and capabilities that are provided by means of
such facility or equipment, including but not limited to, subscriber numbers,
databases, signaling systems, and information sufficient for billing and
collection or used in the transmission, routing, or other provision of a
telecommunications service.
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