Sec. 64.1902  Terms and definitions.

    Terms used in this part have the following meanings:
    Books of Account. Books of account refer to the financial accounting 
system a company uses to record, in monetary terms the basic 
transactions of a company. These books of account reflect the company's 
assets, liabilities, and equity, and the revenues and expenses from 
operations. Each company has its own separate books of account.
    Incumbent Independent Local Exchange Carrier (Incumbent Independent 
LEC). The term incumbent independent local exchange carrier means, with 
respect to an area, the independent local exchange carrier that:
    (1) On February 8, 1996, provided telephone exchange service in such 
area; and

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    (2) (i) On February 8, 1996, was deemed to be a member of the 
exchange carrier association pursuant to Sec. 69.601(b) of this title; 
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 (2) (i) 
of this definition. The Commission may also, by rule, treat an 
independent local exchange carrier as an incumbent independent local 
exchange carrier pursuant to section 251(h)(2) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended.
    Independent Local Exchange Carrier (Independent LEC). Independent 
local exchange carriers are local exchange carriers, including GTE, 
other than the BOCs.
    Independent Local Exchange Carrier Affiliate (Independent LEC 
Affiliate). An independent local exchange carrier affiliate is a carrier 
that is owned (in whole or in part) or controlled by, or under common 
ownership (in whole or in part) or control with, an independent local 
exchange carrier.
    In-Region Service. In-region service means telecommunications 
service originating in an independent local exchange carrier's local 
service areas or 800 service, private line service, or their equivalents 
that:
    (1) Terminate in the independent LEC's local exchange areas; and
    (2) Allow the called party to determine the interexchange carrier, 
even if the service originates outside the independent LEC's local 
exchange areas.
    Local Exchange Carrier. The term local exchange carrier means any 
person that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or 
exchange access. Such term does not include a person insofar as such 
person is engaged in the provision of a commercial mobile service under 
section 332(c), except to the extent that the Commission finds that such 
service should be included in the definition of that term.