Local Tandem definition

Local Tandem is any Local Only, Local/IntraLATA, Local/Access or Access Tandem Switch serving a particular local calling area.

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Local Tandem refers to any Local Only, Local/IntraLATA, or Local/Access Tandem Switch serving a particular LCA (defined below).

Local Tandem is a Qwest switching system that switches calls to and from end offices within the state Commission defined wireline Local Calling Area for call completion.

Examples of Local Tandem in a sentence

• Applicable Qwest Switched Access Tariff rates apply to Non- Local traffic routed to a Toll/Access Tandem, Local Tandem, or directly to an end office.

• Local Tandem 1% Local Direct End Office (Primary High) ECCS* Local Direct End Office (Final) 1% IntraLATA 1% Local/IntraLATA 1% InterLATA (Meet Point) Tandem 0.5% 911 1% Operator Services (DA/DACC) 1% Operator Services (0+, 0-) 1% Busy Line Verification-Inward Only 1% *During implementation the Parties will mutually agree on an ECCS or some other means for the sizing of this trunk group.

• A Toll/Access Tandem exchanges traffic between Sprint PCS and End Offices other than those subtending the associated Local Tandem, and delivers terminating Switched Access traffic from IXCs through Qwest to Sprint PCS.

• When total traffic volumes of all End Offices subtending a Local Tandem or to an individual End Office reach 512 CCS, the Nevada Wireless may be required to interconnect to the Local Tandem or End Office.

• New or continued Qwest Local Tandem to Qwest Access Tandem and Qwest Access Tandem to Qwest Access Tandem switch connections are not required where Qwest can demonstrate that such connections present a risk of switch exhaust and that Qwest does not make similar use of its network to transport the local calls of its own or any Affiliate’s End User Customers.

• A Type 2B Full Group connection is required to each End Office where a Qwest Local Tandem is not available and Sprint PCS is not utilizing SPOP.

• When a Local Tandem is not available to provide Type 2A Local trunks, a Type 2B Full Group connection to each End Office within the EAS/Local Calling Area is required or a Type 2A Trunk Group is required to the LATA/Toll Tandem.

• Upon Commission approval of this Agreement, Qwest shall provide these trunks to itself within the local calling area, without charge to the Paging Provider except as defined in Sections 4.3 and 4.4. These trunks shall receive all incoming paging calls at Qwest’s Local Tandem, LATA Tandem, or Wire Center/End Office serving the geographic area in which Paging Provider’s POC is located and shall deliver paging traffic to Paging Provider’s POC(s).

• Nevada Wireless must designate a Type 2A Trunk Group to a Qwest Local Tandem or Access Tandem switch for overflow.

• A separate Type 2A Access Tandem Interconnection is needed in conjunction with a Type 2A Local Tandem Interconnection for the exchange of Non-Local Exchange Access and Jointly Provided switched Access.

More Definitions of Local Tandem

Local Tandem is any Local Only, Local/IntraLATA, Local/Access or Access Tandem Switch serving a particular local calling area. 2.20 “Meet Point Trunk Group” (AT&T-12STATE only) is a trunk group which carries traffic between the CLEC’s End Users and IXCs via AT&T-12STATE Access or Local/Access Tandem Switches.

Local Tandem means a switching system that provides a concentration and distribution function for originating and terminating traffic between the wireless MSC’s and the end office network associated with such Local Tandem.

Local Tandem refers to any Local Only, Local/IntraLATA, Local/Access or Access Tandem Switch serving a particular LCA (defined below). “Location Routing Number” (LRN) is a ten (10) digit number that is assigned to the network switching elements (Central Office – Host and Remotes as required) for the routing of calls in the network. The first six (6) digits of the LRN will be one of the assigned NPA NXX of the switching element. The purpose and functionality of the last four (4) digits of the LRN have not yet been defined but are passed across the network to the terminating switch.

Local Tandem means a switching system that provides a concentration and distribution function for originating and terminating traffic between the MSC and the end office network associated with such Local Tandem. "Telecommunications Traffic," for purposes of the application of Reciprocal Compensation, means telecommunications traffic exchanged between a LEC and a CMRS provider that, at the beginning of the call, originates and terminates within the same Major Trading Area, as defined in 47 C.F.R. §24.202(a).

Local Tandem is any Local Only, Local/IntraLATA, Local/Access or Access Tandem Switch serving a particular local calling area. 2.20 “Meet Point Trunk Group” (AT&T-12STATE only) is a trunk group which carries traffic between the CLEC’s End Users and IXCs via AT&T-12STATE Access or Local/Access Tandem Switches. 2.21 “Message Processing” is the creation of individual EMI formatted Billable Message detail Records from individual Recordings that reflect specific billing detail for use in billing the End User and/or AURs from individual Recordings that reflect the service feature group, duration and time of day for a message, Carrier Identification Code, among other fields, for use in billing access to the IXCs. Message Processing includes performing CMDS online edits required to ensure message detail and AURs are consistent with CMDS specifications. 2.22 “Non-toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic” is a subset of VoIP-PSTN Traffic as further defined in Section 6.2 below.

Local Tandem means a local exchange carrier switching system that provides a concentration and distribution function for originating and/or terminating traffic between Telecommunication Carriers within the same geographic area.