Tandem trunking definition

Tandem trunking means an arrangement where a telephone line connection has one or more in- termediate switching points which are required or permitted (usually on a controlled dial pulse basis) before reaching the final destination (called party).

Examples of Tandem trunking in a sentence

  • Where UNION has a Tandem switch in a LATA, the Parties may establish Tandem trunking for the exchange of intraLATA Toll Traffic, Local Traffic, and/or Tandem Transit Traffic for calls destined to or from end offices that subtend UNION’s tandem.

  • The Parties may install direct End Office trunking in addition to the Tandem trunking at the CenturyLink Tandem.

Related to Tandem trunking

  • Tandem Switch or “Tandem Office” or “Tandem” is a 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 parking means that two or more automobiles are parked on a driveway or in any other location on a lot, lined up behind one another.

  • 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 Office Switch or “Tandem(s)” are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among other Central Office Switches. A Tandem Switch does not include a PBX.

  • Access Tandem Switch is a Switch used to connect End Office Switches to interexchange Carrier Switches. Qwest's Access Tandem Switches are also used to connect and switch traffic between and among Central Office Switches within the same LATA and may be used for the exchange of local traffic.