Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. Typically the carrier that was granted the right to provide service as a result of the breakup of AT&T. These providers are also referred to as RBOCs (Regional Bell Operating Companies) or Baby Bells.
(Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) ILECs are telephone companies that were already providing local telephone service at the time the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was passed.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier -- the existing monopoly telephone companies.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. Refers to the primary existing carrier, as distinguished from new competitive carriers with the advent of telecom deregulation.
An ILEC is an Incombent Local Exchange Carrier and refers to the companies that were formed as the result of the breakup of AT&T in 1984. Most ILECs operate across a number of LATAs (Local Access and Transport Area).
The established telecommunications company providing local telephone service.
A traditional local telephone company such as one of the Regional Bell companies (RBOCs).
Incumbent Local Exchangbe Carrier Thanks WikiPedia See also: CLEC
A LEC dominating the local market.
Incumbent Local Exchange Company. The traditional monopoly provider of local telephone service.
Incumbent Local Exchange Company - Companies such as SBC and Verizon.
Incumbent Local Exchange Company, traditionally referred to as the "local telephone company". Owner of the CO.
Incumbent Local Exchange Company. A local company that provided local telephone service to customers in that area on February 8, 1996, and held a certificate from the PUC.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. A telephone utility that provided local service as a regulated monopoly before the introduction of competitive local service providers.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. A telephone utility that has traditionally provided local service as a regulated monopoly within an assigned geographic area, and that was providing local exchange service before implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. (See "Competitive Local Exchange Carrier," "Telecommunications Act of 1996.")
An Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) (such as Pacific Bell or GTE) is a telephone company in the U.S. that was providing local telephone service when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted. (Also see RBOC.)
incumbent local exchange carrier. The local telephone company that controls the cable that makes up the telephone network.
Companies such as Pacbell and GTE.
Stands for "Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier."
The local telephone company that many times owns the regional telephone lines and has the largest base of customers. Example: Verizon, Bellsouth, etc. However, some ILECs are smaller telephone companies that may serve as little an area as one town.
See Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier.
Incumbent local exchange carrier, which is the main phone carrier within a certain geographical area.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. One of the older, traditional local exchange carriers not associated with the Bell System. See also CLEC.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. Often referred to as the 'Baby Bells'.
(Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) - the telephone company that existed before de-regulation. See CLEC.
Independent Local Exchange Carrier
incumbent local exchange carrier. A local telephone company, such as a Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC), GTE, or ALLNET, that competes with an Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC).
Short for Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. An ILEC is a telephone company that was providing local service when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted (i.e. AT&T).
incumbent local exchange carriers (formerly RBOC)
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. A local telephone company that was in existence at the time of the breakup of AT&T—c.f. CLECs
Incumbant Local Exchange Carrier.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. All the original Bells are called ILEC's after the Telecommunications Act deregulation. All new competitors are known as CLEC's
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. The ILECs are the primary phone companies in the country, and are identified as such by the FCC, based on owning a controlling share of the telephony customers, equipment, and infrastructure. Speakeasy works with CLECs that have contracts with the following ILECs to provide data services: o SBC: Pac Bell, Southwestern Bell, and Ameritech o Verizon (East and West) o Sprint o Qwest o SNET o Bell South
incumbent local exchange carrier - (see LEC)
Incumbent local exchange carrier, or "baby Bell." The primary service provider operating within one local area. With the demise of the majority of CLECs, or Competitive Local Exchange Carriers, the ILEC has become the only local service provider for many businesses and residences.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. The companies originally franchised under the auspices of the state Public Utilities Commission as the sole provider of local telephone service within a specific geographic area. This includes both Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) and independent telephone companies.
An ILEC, or Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier, is a U.S. telephone company that was a local service provider at the time of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. A local exchange is the local central office of an LEC. Lines from both businesses and homes are terminated at local exchanges. Local exchanges interconnect within a local access and transport area or to interexchange carriers such as AT&T, Sprint, and MCI.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. The primary telephone companies that handle voice and data connections. There are seven primary ILECS - Pacific Bell, US West, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, Southwestern Bell, Ameritech, and GTE.
A telephone company in the United States that was providing local service when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted, mostly notably the former Bell operating companies. ILECs are in contradistinction to CLEC.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier, such as any of the regional Bell operating companies or GTE.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. A telecommunications company that provides local telephone service to a region or locality. ILECs generally are Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) ? a member of the group of companies (?Baby Bells?) that were created in the 1984 divestiture of AT&T.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. ILECs are Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) and other independent telephone providers that own their own facilities, and predate the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which spurred an explosion of Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs). Many of the CLECs use facilities of the ILECs to connect to their customers.
The acronym for Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. This refers to the primary existing CO carrier.
(Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) A new term that describes traditional local telephone companies that, prior to deregulation of the telephone industry, had the exclusive right and responsibility to provide local telephone service. ILEC delineates these service providers from the new competitive providers (CLECs) and enterprise providers (ELECs). The term "local exchange carrier" (LEC) is used as the generic term for all three.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. A provider of local telecommunications services.
Independent Local Exchange Company. A company that provided telephone service in a specific geographical location prior to deregulation of the local telephone service market.
Short for Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 opened the door to competition for local phone service. This act mandated that the ILECs such as Bell Atlantic Bell South or GTE provide the necessary interfaces so that CLECs (Competitive Local Exchange Carriers) such as Covad Communications could provide seamless local service.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. An ILEC is a telephone company that was providing local service when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted and the AT&T monopoly (Ma Bell) was dismantled. See Incumbent, Baby Bells.
Incumbent local exchange carrier ("EYE-lek"), a telecom firm that was providing local service when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted
Incumbent Local Exchange Company, see LEC, for Hawaii GTE Hawaiian Tel
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. A company that, prior to the introduction of competition, provided monopoly local telephone service.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier; a company providing local exchange services.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. Traditional telephone company. In the U.S., the Regional Bell Operation Companies (RBOCs) that were formed after the divestiture of AT&T and the Independent Operating Companies (IOCs) that usually are located in more rural areas or single cities are ILECs. In other areas of the world, ILECs are the Post, Telephone, and Telegraphs (PTTs), government-managed monopolies.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. The Regional phone company that physically owns the lines. Examples: Bell Atlantic and Pacific Bell. FCC regulations are forcing the ILECs to open up their networks to independent providers. This is allowing an independents like Covad to offer competitive services. This is a good thing for consumers IMHO.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. The existing local exchange carrier in any given area, as opposed to CLECs.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. Telephone company that was providing local service when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted. Image A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a webpage.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier The phone company that's been your local phone company since Alexander Graham Bell cried out for Dr. Watson - Probabaly still has "Bell" somewhere in the name. Contrast with CLEC.
Incumbent local exchange carrier. Also known as Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC), or more affectionately since the landmark 1984 break-up of Ma Bell as “Baby Bells†these telephone carriers operate the local telephone systems that lay the foundation for the PSTN. Originally seven (New York/New England Telephone, Bell Atlantic, Ameritech, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, U.S. West and Pacific Telesis), ILECs have combined through mergers and/or acquisitions to only four entities.
The existing telephone companies, prior to the introduction of local competition.
An Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) is the main local exchange service provider in the marketplace. In the Mid-Atlantic region, the company is known as Verizon.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. Typically a telephone network company that has been in operation the longest in a particular area and may have particular requirements for providing service to that area..
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. The company, usually a baby bell, that owns most existing local telephone infrastructure and previously held a monopoly on dial-tone service. In theory, must now compete, even if that requires giving competitors access to some of its infrastructure.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. Typically an RBOC, this is usually the incumbent local phone company, which owns most of the local loops and facilities in a serving area.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. A U.S. telephone company that was providing local service when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted. ILECs include the regional Bell operating companies. A "local exchange" is a carrier's local "central office", where residential and business lines terminate. Local exchanges connect to other local exchanges within a local access and transport area or to interexchange carriers such as long-distance carriers like AT&T and Sprint.
An independent local telephone company that formerly had the exclusive right and responsibility to provide local transmission and switching services in its designated service territory.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. The traditional local telephone service provider in the United States.
(Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) - A new term that emerged from the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that describes the traditional local telephone companies.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. Refers to the primary existing central office carrier, as distinguished from new competitive carriers established after deregulation.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier is your present local phone company, like Bell Atlantic, Sprint/United, or GTE.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier; the local carrier that was doing business in the AT&T monopoly days. There was one ILEC in each area; in contrast, see CLEC.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. This term refers to traditional local telephone companies such as one of the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) in the United States.
Incumbent local exchange carrier. ILECs generally at one time or another were franchised as a monopoly service provider. In most areas of the world, the incumbent carriers still dominate the local market. In the U.S., these former monopolists now face significant competition from long distance carriers, competitive carriers, cable companies, and others that would like to break into the local market.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. The historic local phone service provider in a market, often a former Bell company. Distinct from competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), new market entrants.
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier. Established, formerly regulated telecommunications companies.
An ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier) is an already established telephone business that provides local service. It is the "incumbent" local exchange carrier. ILECs are in contradistinction to CLEC (competitive local exchange carriers). NTELOS is the ILEC provider in Waynesboro, Covington, Clifton Forge and Botetourt County, VA.
A telephone company that was providing local service in the United States when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted. For most residents in the United States, this would be one of the four "baby Bells"—Qwest, SBC, BellSouth, and Verizon.
An Incumbent Local Exchange Company (now includes RBOC's). The monopoly companies that provided Local exchange service prior to “Divestiture”. Also were known as Independent's.