§ 51.903   Definitions.

   For the purposes of this subpart:

   (a) Competitive Local Exchange Carrier. A Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
   is any local exchange carrier, as defined in § 51.5, that is not an incumbent
   local exchange carrier .

   (b) Composite Terminating End Office Access Rate means terminating End
   Office Access Service revenue, calculated using demand for a given time
   period, divided by end office switching minutes for the same time period.

   (c) Dedicated Transport Access Service means originating and terminating
   transport on circuits dedicated to the use of a single carrier or other
   customer provided by an incumbent local exchange carrier or any functional
   equivalent of the incumbent local exchange carrier access service provided
   by  a non-incumbent local exchange carrier. Dedicated Transport Access
   Service rate elements for an incumbent local exchange carrier include the
   entrance facility rate elements specified in § 69.110 of this chapter, the
   dedicated transport rate elements specified in § 69.111 of this chapter, the
   direct-trunked transport rate elements specified in § 69.112 of this chapter,
   and  the  intrastate  rate elements for functionally equivalent access
   services.  Dedicated  Transport  Access  Service  rate  elements for a
   non-incumbent local exchange carrier include any functionally equivalent
   access services.

   (d) End Office Access Service means:

   (1) The switching of access traffic at the carrier's end office switch and
   the delivery to or from of such traffic to the called party's premises;

   (2) The routing of interexchange telecommunications traffic to or from the
   called  party's  premises, either directly or via contractual or other
   arrangements with an affiliated or unaffiliated entity, regardless of the
   specific functions provided or facilities used; or

   (3) Any functional equivalent of the incumbent local exchange carrier access
   service provided by a non-incumbent local exchange carrier. End Office
   Access Service rate elements for an incumbent local exchange carrier include
   the local switching rate elements specified in § 69.106 of this chapter, the
   carrier common line rate elements specified in § 69.154 of this chapter, and
   the intrastate rate elements for functionally equivalent access services.
   End Office Access Service rate elements for an incumbent local exchange
   carrier also include any rate elements assessed on local switching access
   minutes, including the information surcharge and residual rate elements. End
   office Access Service rate elements for a non-incumbent local exchange
   carrier include any functionally equivalent access service.

   Note to paragraph (d): For incumbent local exchange carriers, residual rate
   elements may include, for example, state Transport Interconnection Charges,
   Residual  Interconnection  Charges, and PICCs. For non-incumbent local
   exchange carriers, residual rate elements may include any functionally
   equivalent access service.

   (e) Fiscal Year 2011 means October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011.

   (f)  Price Cap Carrier has the same meaning as that term is defined in
   § 61.3(aa) of this chapter.

   (g) Rate-of-Return Carrier is any incumbent local exchange carrier not
   subject to price cap regulation as that term is defined in § 61.3(aa) of this
   chapter, but only with respect to the territory in which it operates as an
   incumbent local exchange carrier.

   (h)  Access  Reciprocal  Compensation means telecommunications traffic
   exchanged between telecommunications service providers that is interstate or
   intrastate exchange access, information access, or exchange services for
   such access, other than special access.

   (i) Tandem-Switched Transport Access Service means:

   (1) Tandem switching and common transport between the tandem switch and end
   office; or

   (2) Any functional equivalent of the incumbent local exchange carrier access
   service  provided  by a non-incumbent local exchange carrier via other
   facilities. Tandem-Switched Transport rate elements for an incumbent local
   exchange carrier include the rate elements specified in § 69.111 of this
   chapter, except for the dedicated transport rate elements specified in that
   section, and intrastate rate elements for functionally equivalent service.
   Tandem Switched Transport Access Service rate elements for a non-incumbent
   local exchange carrier include any functionally equivalent access service.

   (j) Transitional Intrastate Access Service means terminating End Office
   Access Service that was subject to intrastate access rates as of December
   31, 2011; terminating Tandem-Switched Transport Access Service that was
   subject to intrastate access rates as of December 31, 2011; and originating
   and terminating Dedicated Transport Access Service that was subject to
   intrastate access rates as of December 31, 2011.

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