Tandem Switch definition

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 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 Switch means an access tandem switch or other tandem switch equipped to provide Interconnection between CMRS providers and LECs that is used to connect and switch traffic between and among Central Office Switches and other Telecommunications Carriers’ networks for the purpose of providing Telephone Exchange Service and Switched Access Services.

Examples of Tandem Switch in a sentence

  • A switch used to provide Telecommunications Services, including, but not limited to, an End Office Switch or a Tandem Switch.

  • CLEC traffic will be offered first to the direct trunk group (also referred to as the "primary high" route) and then overflow to the Tandem Switch group (also referred to as the "alternate final" route) for completion to CenturyLink End Office Switches.

  • If CLEC has a LIS arrangement which provides two (2) paths to a CenturyLink End Office Switch (one (1) route via a Tandem Switch and one (1) direct route), CLEC may elect to utilize alternate traffic routing.

  • When a Qwest Wire Center is served by a remote End Office Switch, CLEC may deliver traffic to the host Central Office or to the Tandem Switch.

  • If CLEC has a LIS arrangement which provides two (2) paths to a Qwest End Office Switch (one (1) route via a Tandem Switch and one (1) direct route), CLEC may elect to utilize alternate traffic routing.


More Definitions of Tandem Switch

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 Switch means/refers to a switch that has been designed for special functions that an End Office Switch does not or cannot perform. A Tandem Office Switch provides a common switch point whereby other switches, both Tandem Office Switches and End Office Switches, may exchange calls between each other when a direct Trunk Group is unavailable. The term “Tandem Office” and “Tandem” are used to refer to the building in which the Tandem Office Switch resides, but are also used interchangeably to refer to the switch within the building.
Tandem Switch is a switching system that connects and switches trunk circuits between and among Central Office Switches, Mobile Switching Centers, and IXC networks. A Tandem Switch can also provide Host Office Switch or End Office Switch functions. A Central Office Switch may also be employed as a combination of any or all of the above switch types.
Tandem Switch means/refers to a switch that has been designed for special functions that an End Office Switch does not or cannot perform. A Tandem Office Switch provides a common switch point whereby other switches, both Tandem Office Switches, and End Office Switches, MSCs or IXC switching systems may exchange calls between each other when a direct Trunk Group is unavailable. The term “Tandem Office” and “Tandem” are used to refer to the bBuilding in which the Tandem Office Switch resides, but are also used interchangeably to refer to the switch within the bBuilding. “Commercial Mobile Radio Service(s) (CMRS)” has the meaning as defined at 47 U.S.C. § 332(d)(1) and 47 C.F.R. § 20.9.
Tandem Switch is a switch which is used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among Central Office Switches.
Tandem Switch is a Class 4 switching system that connects and switches trunk circuits between and among Host Office Switch, End Office Switches, Mobile Switching Centers, and IXC networks.
Tandem Switch refers to TWM's system by which it receives and transmits fax broadcasts and point to point traffic on behalf of its customers and constitutes separately the hardware and licensed Flexifax application software that enables the switch to be used for the Flexifax fax distribution purpose.