LEC definition

LEC means any Carrier that is engaged in the provision of telephone Exchange Service or Exchange Access. Such term does not include a Carrier insofar as such Carrier is engaged in the provision of a commercial mobile service under Section 332(c) of the Act, except to the extent that the FCC finds that such service should be included in the definition of such term.
LEC means the incumbent carrier that provides facility-based Exchange Services, which has universal-service and carrier-of-last-resort obligations.

Examples of LEC in a sentence

  • Each Party shall retain on file all applicable letters and other documentation of authorization relating to its End User’s selection of such Party as its LEC, which documentation shall be available for inspection by the other Party at its request during normal business hours and at no charge.

  • Additionally, this Section describes the physical architecture for the Interconnection of the Parties’ facilities and equipment required for the transmission and routing of Local Traffic, ISP-Bound Traffic, IntraLATA LEC Toll Traffic, VoIP-PSTN Traffic, Transit Traffic and Jointly Provided Switched Access Service Traffic.

  • The Voice CLEC and Data LEC may be the same or different carriers.

  • Denotes a location that a LEC has designated on its own network as the homing or routing point for traffic inbound to Telephone Exchange Service provided by the LEC which bears a certain NPA-NXX designation.

  • A facility connecting an End User Customer premises to the nearest LEC Central Office that consists of a single, uninterrupted length of optical fiber cable.


More Definitions of LEC

LEC shall have the meaning set forth in § 153(26) of the Act.
LEC a local exchange carrier regulated by the CRTC.
LEC means any entity that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access. Such term does not include an entity insofar as such entity is engaged in the provision of a commercial mobile service under section 332(c) of the Act, except to the extent that the Federal Communications Commission finds that such service should be included in the definition of such term.
LEC s Interim LEC fund reduction’ means twenty percent of the LEC’s preelection Interim LEC fund withdrawal.