Sec.  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:

   (1) On February 8, 1996, provided telephone exchange service in such area;
   and

   (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 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 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 and the Commonwealth of the Northern
   Mariana Islands).

   (d)  State. The term “state” includes the District of Columbia and the
   Territories and possessions.

   (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]

Subpart B—Administration

   Source:    61 FR 47353 , Sept. 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted.