26 Del. Admin. Code § 4006-1.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 7, January 1, 2025

Section 4006-1.0 - Definitions

1.1 Interim Number Portability - the provisioning of number portability during the interim period by currently technically feasible methods.

1.2 Interim Period - the interim period shall begin on the date a local exchange carrier receives a request for deployment of interim number portability and ends on the date the local exchange carrier deploys number portability using a long-term database method under 47 C.F.R. § 52.3.

1.3 Local Exchange Carrier - a person that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access service. For the purposes of this set of rules, such term does not include a person insofar as such person is engaged in the provision of a commercial mobile radio service under 47 U.S.C. § 332(c).

1.4 Number Portability - the ability of users of telecommunications services to retain, at the same location, existing telecommunications numbers without impairment of quality, reliability, or convenience when switching from one telecommunications carrier to another.

1.5 Per Cent Market Share - represents a telecommunications carrier's share in the local exchange telecommunications market. For "wireline" telecommunications carriers, market share is calculated by dividing that telecommunications carrier's total number of active "wireline" access lines by the total number of active "wireline" access lines in the State of Delaware. For commercial mobile radio service telecommunications carriers, market share is calculated by dividing the sum of the telecommunications carrier's total number of active "wireline" access lines and active telephone numbers by the total number of active "wireline" access lines in the State of Delaware.

1.6 Remote Call Forwarding (RCF) - a method whereby a call to a telephone number in one exchange is automatically redirected by the telecommunications carrier's end office equipment to another telephone number in the same or different exchange on the same or different carrier's network.

1.7 Telecommunications - the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received.

1.8 Telecommunications Carrier - a provider of telecommunications services, except that such term does not include aggregators of telecommunications services, as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 226(a)(2).

1.9 Telecommunications Service - the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used.

1.10 The Commission - the Delaware Public Service Commission.

26 Del. Admin. Code § 4006-1.0