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Section 4 CCR 723-2-2501 - Definitions

4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-2-2501

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Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 1, January 10, 2025
Section 4 CCR 723-2-2501 - Definitions

The following definitions apply only in the context of rules 2500 through 2529:

(a) "Common transport link" means a communications path:
(I) Used by multiple customers; and
(II) Containing one or more circuits connecting two switching systems in a network.
(b) "Customer network interface" or "network interface device" (NID) means the facilities on or near the customer's premises that allow the customer to connect to the network.
(c) "Dedicated transport link" means a communications path:
(I) Used by one customer; and
(II) Containing one or more circuits connecting two switching systems in a network.
(d) "Essential facilities" or "essential functions" mean those network elements that a telecommunications provider is required to offer on an unbundled basis.
(e) "Exchange access" means the offering of access to telephone exchange services or facilities for the purpose of the origination or termination of telephone toll services.
(f) "Interconnection" means the process of providing a seamless connecting link between competing networks for the completion of local traffic that originates in the network of one provider and terminates in the network of another provider.
(g) "Loop" means the facilities that connect a customer network interface to a main distribution frame, or its equivalent.
(h) "Operator systems" means systems that provide for live or mechanized operator functions that assist end users with call completion and directory assistance.
(i) "Originating provider" means the telecommunications provider that serves the end user who originates a local call.
(j) "Service control point" (SCP) means a node in the signaling network to which informational requests for service handling (for example, routing) are directed and processed. The SCP includes both the service logic and the customer specific information necessary to process individual requests.
(k) "Signal transfer point" (STP) means a facility that provides the function of connecting signal links in order to transfer appropriate signals from and between the various elements of a signaling network.
(l) "Signaling links" means transmission facilities in a signaling network which carry all out-of-band signaling traffic between the end office and signal transfer point, the tandem office and signal transfer point, the signal transfer point and service control point, and the signal transfer point and another signal transfer point.
(m) "Switch" means a facility that provides the functionalities required to connect appropriate lines or trunks to a desired communications transmission path. These functionalities may include, but are not limited to, recognizing service requests, obtaining required call specific information, data analysis, route selection, call completion or hand-off, testing, recording, or signaling.
(n) "Tandem switch" means a facility that provides the function of connecting trunks to trunks for the purpose of completing inter-switch calls.
(o) "Telecommunications carrier" means any provider of telecommunications services, except that such term does not include aggregators of telecommunications services. This definition includes Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) providers, interexchange providers, and to the extent they are acting as telecommunications carriers, companies that provide both telecommunications and information services.
(p) "Telecommunications service" means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used.
(q) "Terminating provider" means the telecommunications provider that serves the end user who receives a local call.

4 CCR 723-2-2501

39 CR 21, November 10, 2016, effective 12/1/2016
40 CR 15, August 10, 2017, effective 9/1/2017
41 CR 03, February 10, 2018, effective 3/2/2018
42 CR 02, January 25, 2019, effective 2/14/2019
42 CR 07, April 10, 2019, effective 4/30/2019
43 CR 02, January 25, 2020, effective 2/14/2020
43 CR 17, September 10, 2020, effective 8/17/2020
44 CR 17, September 10, 2021, effective 8/11/2021
44 CR 18, September 25, 2021, effective 10/15/2021
45 CR 03, February 10, 2022, effective 12/29/2021
45 CR 01, January 10, 2022, effective 1/30/2022
46 CR 05, March 10, 2023, effective 3/30/2023