Tandem definition

Tandem or “Tandem Switch” means a physical or logical switching entity that has billing and recording capabilities and is used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among End Office Switches and between and among End Office Switches and carriers’ aggregation points, points of termination, or points of presence, and to provide Switched Exchange Access Services.
Tandem or “Tandem Switch” or “Tandem Office Switch
Tandem denotes a Class 4 switching center used to switch a call between and among two End Office Switches, an End Office Switch and an equivalent facility provided by a carrier other than a LEC, or another Tandem, or two Tandems.

Examples of Tandem in a sentence

  • Switched Exchange Access Service traffic is not Tandem Transit Traffic.

  • If the switch functions as an Access Tandem, or there is a tandem in the building, traffic from every CO to every CLEC could be interrupted.

  • The Parties will provide their best estimate of the traffic distribution to each End Office Switch subtending the Tandem Switch.

  • BellSouth shall apply the melded Tandem Switching rate for every call in these scenarios.

  • BellSouth shall utilize the melded Tandem Switching Rate until BellSouth has the capability to measure actual Tandem Switch usage in each call scenario specifically mentioned above, at which point the rate for the actual Tandem Switch usage shall apply.


More Definitions of Tandem

Tandem. “us” or “we” means: Tandem Bank Limited, registered office ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, London, WC1N 1LE, UK, a company registered in England and Wales (company registration number 00955491)
Tandem denotes a Class 4 switching center used to switch a call between and among two End Office Switches, a MTSO or an End Office Switch and an equivalent facility provided by a third party.
Tandem means the following:
Tandem or “Tandem Switch” or “Tandem Office Switch”. Tandem means to connect in series. A Tandem, Tandem Switch or Tandem Office Switch connects one trunk to another for the purpose of exchanging Local Traffic. It is an intermediate (Class 4) switch between an originating telephone call and the final destination of the call.
Tandem means a switching system that, through a trunk-to-trunk connection, provides a concentration and distribution function for originating or terminating traffic between End Offices, MSCs, other tandems and Third Party Providers’.
Tandem or “Tandem Switch” means a physical or logical switching entity that has billing and recording capabilities and is used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among End Office Switches and between and among End Office Switches and carriers' aggregation points, points of termination, or points of presence, and to provide Switched Exchange Access Services.
Tandem means Tandem Computers Incorporated.