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 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 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.

• Tandem Switching is the function that establishes a communications path between two switching offices through a third switching office (the Tandem switch).

• In addition, upon request by either Party, the Parties shall meet to: (i) review traffic and usage data on End Office and Tandem Interconnection Trunk groups and (ii) determine whether the Parties should establish new Interconnection Trunk groups, augment existing Interconnection Trunk groups, or disconnect existing Interconnection Trunks.

• CLEC and CenturyLink agree to Interconnect their networks through existing and/or new Interconnection Facilities between CLEC switch(es) and CenturyLink's End Office Switch(es) and/or Tandem Switch(es).

More Definitions of Tandem

Tandem. “us” or “we” means: Tandem Bank Limited, 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, London, WC1N 1LE, UK

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 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.

Tandem denotes an ILEC switching center used to switch a call between or among two End Office Switches, an End Office Switch and another Tandem, or two Tandems.