New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 17 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND UTILITY SERVICES
Chapter 11 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Part 17 - INFRASTRUCTURE AND HIGH SPEED DATA SERVICES
Section 17.11.17.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
As used in this rule:
A. basic local exchange service means the customer's voice grade access to the public switched network, Dual Tone Multifrequency (DTMF) signaling or its functional equivalent, and access to emergency services (911 and E-911), operator services, toll services, directory assistance, and toll blocking services for qualifying low income customers.
B. carrier means any person that furnishes telecommunications service to the public subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, regardless of the facilities used and regardless of whether the person relies in part or entirely on another carrier's facilities.
C. competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) means a carrier that provides competitive local exchange service in its service area and is not an ILEC.
D. high-speed data services means technology that supports data transmission at a minimum rate of 56 kilobits per second in the consumer-to-carrier direction, and at a minimum rate of 200 kilobits per second in the carrier-to-consumer direction.
E. incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) means a person, or an affiliate of a person, that was authorized to provide local exchange service in New Mexico on February 8, 1996, or a successor or assignee of the person or affiliate. A carrier will also be treated as an ILEC if the Federal Communications Commission determines that such provider (or class or category of carrier) shall be treated as an ILEC pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 251(h)(2).
F. interconnection means the linking of two (2) networks for the mutual exchange of traffic, but does not include the transport and termination of traffic.
G. loop means a transmission facility between a distribution frame (or its equivalent) in a central office and a demarcation point at an end user customer premises.
H. unbundled network element (UNE) means a facility or equipment used in the provision of a telecommunications service that an ILEC must provide to any requesting carrier on an unbundled basis, pursuant to Section 251(c)(3) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104 (1996). The term includes, but is not limited to, features, functions, and capabilities that are provided by means of such facility or equipment, including but not limited to, subscriber numbers, databases, signaling systems, and information sufficient for billing and collection or used in the transmission, routing, or other provision of a telecommunications service.
