Telephone company definition

Telephone company means a company engaged in the business of providing local exchange telephone service by making available or furnishing access and a dial tone to persons within a local calling area for use in originating and receiving voice grade communications over a switched network operated by the provider of the service within the area and gaining access to other telecommunications services. Unless otherwise specified, "telephone company" includes a wireline service provider, a wireless service provider, and any entity that is a covered 9-1-
Telephone company means a telecommunications company that provides one or more noncompetitive or emerging competitive services, as defined in section 16-247a;

Examples of Telephone company in a sentence

  • The customer may request a modification of its Access Order at anytime prior to notification by the Telephone company that service is available for the customer’s use.


More Definitions of Telephone company

Telephone company means any company described in division (A) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code that is a public utility under section 4905.02 of the Revised Code and provides basic local exchange service, as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code.
Telephone company or "Company" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity engaged in furnishing regulated local exchange telephone services under the jurisdiction of the Commission on July 1, 1995, pursuant to a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity or grandfathered authority.
Telephone company means a certificated local exchange telephone company, or any county, city or
Telephone company means a company described in division (A) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code that is a public utility under section 4905.02 of the Revised Code.
Telephone company means a telephone company, for purposes of this chapter, shall have same meaning as defined in division (A)(2) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code.
Telephone company means any person that provides to another person telecommunications services, including the resale of services provided by another telephone company. “Telephone company” does not include a person who operates a private shared telecommunications system, as defined in s. 196.201 (1), and who is not otherwise a telephone company.
Telephone company means a certificated local exchange telephone company which owns, manages,