§ 64.2101   Definitions.

   For purposes of this subpart, the following definitions will apply:

   Affiliate. The term "affiliate" has the same meaning as in 47 U.S.C.
   153(2).

   Call attempt. The term "call attempt" means a call that results in
   transmission by the covered provider toward an incumbent local exchange
   carrier (LEC) of the initial call setup message, regardless of the
   voice call signaling and transmission technology used.

   Covered provider. The term "covered provider" means a provider of
   long-distance voice service that makes the initial long-distance call
   path choice for more than 100,000 domestic retail subscriber lines,
   counting the total of all business and residential fixed subscriber
   lines and mobile phones and aggregated over all of the providers'
   affiliates. A covered provider may be a local exchange carrier as
   defined in § 64.4001(e), an interexchange carrier as defined in
   § 64.4001(d), a provider of commercial mobile radio service as defined
   in § 20.3 of this chapter, a provider of interconnected voice over
   Internet Protocol (VoIP) service as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153(25), or a
   provider of non-interconnected VoIP service as defined in 47 U.S.C.
   153(36) to the extent such a provider offers the capability to place
   calls to the public switched telephone network.

   Initial long-distance call path choice. The term "initial long-distance
   call path choice" means the static or dynamic selection of the path for
   a long-distance call based on the called number of the individual call.

   Intermediate provider. The term "intermediate provider" has the same
   meaning as in § 64.1600(f).

   Long-distance voice service. The term "long-distance voice service"
   includes interstate interLATA, intrastate interLATA, interstate
   interexchange, intrastate interexchange, inter-MTA interstate and
   inter-MTA intrastate voice services.

   Operating company number (OCN). The term "operating company number"
   means a four-place alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a local
   exchange carrier.

   Rural OCN. The term "rural OCN" means an operating company number that
   uniquely identifies an incumbent LEC (as defined in § 51.5 of this
   chapter) that is a rural telephone company (as defined in § 51.5 of
   this chapter). The term "nonrural OCN" means an operating company
   number that uniquely identifies an incumbent LEC (as defined in § 51.5
   of this chapter) that is not a rural telephone company (as defined in
   § 51.5 of this chapter). We direct NECA to update the lists of rural
   and nonrural OCNs annually and provide them to the Wireline Competition
   Bureau in time for the Bureau to publish the lists no later than
   November 15. These lists will be the definitive lists of rural OCNs and
   nonrural OCNs for purposes of this subpart for the following calendar
   year.

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