4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-2, GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS
ABS | Alternate Billing Service |
ALI | Automatic Location Identification |
AMA | Automatic Message Accounting |
AML | Actual Measured Loss |
ANI | Automatic Number Identification |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
BER | Bit Error Rate |
BESP | Basic Emergency Service Provider |
BRI | Basic Rate Interface |
BSA | Basic Serving Arrangement |
BSE | Basic Service Element |
CASB | Cost Accounting Standards Board |
CCR | Code of Colorado Regulations |
CEI | Comparably Efficient Interconnection |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CLASS | Custom Local Area Signaling System |
CLEC | Competitive Local Exchange Carrier |
CMRS | Commercial Mobile Radio Service |
CNS | Complementary Network Service |
CPCN | Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity |
CPNI | Customer Proprietary Network Information |
CRCP | Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure |
CRS | Colorado Revised Statutes |
CSR | Customer Service Record |
dB | Decibel |
DMS | Data Management System |
DS0,DS1,DS3 | Digital Signaling levels 0, 1 and 3 |
E 9-1-1 | Enhanced 911 |
Electronic mail | |
ENS | Emergency Notification Service |
EP | Eligible Provider |
ESP | Enhanced Service Provider |
ETC | Eligible Telecommunications Carrier |
ETS | Emergency Telephone Service |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
FDC | Fully Distributed Cost |
FOC | Firm Order Confirmation |
GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
HCSM | High Cost Support Mechanism |
Hz | Hertz |
ICB | Individual Case Basis |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
ILEC | Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier |
ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network kbit/sec kilobit per second (1,000 bits per second) |
LATA | Local Access Transport Area |
LCA | Local Calling Area |
LEC | Local Exchange Carrier |
LIDB | Line Identification Database |
LLC | Limited Liability Company |
LNP | Local Number Portability |
LOR | Letter of Registration |
LRIC | Long Run Incremental Cost |
LSR | Local Service Request |
ma | milliamps |
Mbps | Megabits per second |
MLTS | Multi-line Telephone System |
MSA | Metropolitan Statistical Area |
MSAG | Master Street Address Guide |
MTB | Minimum Transport Bandwidth |
MTE | Multi-Tenant Environment |
NANP | North American Numbering Plan |
NANPA | North American Numbering Plan Administrator |
NECA | National Exchange Carrier Association |
NENA | National Emergency Number Association |
NID | Network Interface Device |
NIIF | Network Interconnection Interoperability Forum |
NPA | Numbering Plan Area |
NPAC | Number Portability Administration Center |
OC1 | Optical Carrier-Level 1 Signal |
OCC | Office of Consumer Counsel |
ONA | Open Network Architecture |
OSS | Operational Support Systems |
PCS | Personal Communications Service |
PIN | Personal Account Identification Number |
POLR | Provider of Last Resort |
PRI | Primary Rate Interface |
PSAP | Public Safety Answering Point |
RBOC | Regional Bell Operating Company |
RTEZ | Rural Technology Enterprise Zone |
RTF | Rich Text Format |
RUS | Rural Utility Service |
SCP | Service Control Point |
SGAT | Statement of Generally Available Terms and Conditions |
SLU | Subscriber Line Usage |
SS7 | Signaling System #7 |
STP | Signal Transfer Point |
TDD | Telecommunications Device for the Deaf |
TRS | Telecommunications Relay Services |
TSLRIC | Total Service Long Run Incremental Cost |
UNE | Unbundled Network Element |
USF | Universal Service Fund |
USOA | Uniform System of Accounts |
WATS | Wide Area Telephone Service |
4 CCR 723-2, GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS