Acronym: ocal xchange ompany Telephony: The traditional, local, wired telephone company.

A telephone company affiliate of a Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC) or an Independent Telephone Company.

The traditional, local, wired monopoly phone company.

The local telephone company, such as one of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs).

Local Exchange Company - Example: SBC and Verizon.

Local Exchange Company, typically provides local telephony and data circuits in a LATA.

Local Exchange Carrier. Generally refers to incumbent local telephone companies such as the Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) which traditionally had the exclusive franchised right and obligation to provide local services in their respective service areas.

Local phone companies - either a Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC) or an independent phone company (such as GTE) - that provide local transmission services.

Local Exchange Carrier. The telephone utility providing local service.

Local Exchange Carrier. Telephone companies responsible for providing local connections and services.

Local Exchange Carrier. A telephone utility providing local exchange service.

(Local Exchange Carrier) See CO

A local telephone company (either a Bell Operating Company [BOC] or an independent [e.g., GTE]) that traditionally had the exclusive, franchised right and responsibility to provide local transmission and switching services. Prior to divestiture, the LECs were called telephone companies or telcos. With the advent of deregulation and competition, LECs are now known as ILECs (incumbent LECs). See CLEC, ELEC and ILEC.

a telephone company that carries local calls.

Local Exchange Carrier. The BOCs and the independent telephone companies.

Local Exchange Carrier. A telephone company that provides customer access to the world-wide public switched network through one of its central offices.

Local exchange carrier is a wireline phone company serving a local area.

Refers to companies such as SBC, Pacbell or GTE.

Local exchange carrier. Refers to the company offering telecommunications services over the public switched network within a LATA.

Local Exchange Carrier. This term generally refers to the ILEC, but can mean any local telecommunication service provider.

Local Exchange Carrier. Another name for local telephone (telecom) operator. Also see CLEC and ILEC.

Local Exchange Carrier is another term for RBOC. Besides the seven RBOCs, other "specialty" local carriers compete for local business service.

Local Election Commission. Responsible for management of voter registration, voting and counting of ballots. Composed of local nationals. There is generally one LEC per opstina responsible for all election activity in that opstina.

An LEA coordinating Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA) for one of the 11 service regions of the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA). LEAs must claim for MAA through their respective region's LEC or their local public health or county agency (also referred to as a Local Governmental Agency or LGA).

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Local Exchange Carrier; provides local telecommunications service and access to long distance networks.

Local Exchange Carrier. Also known as a local phone company.

Local exchange carrier. An organization that provides local telephone service, which includes the RBOCs, large companies such as GTE and hundreds of small, rural telephone companies. A LEC controls the service from its central office (CO) to subscribers within a local geographic area.

Local Exchange Carrier. A company that provides local telephone service.

LEC (local exchange carrier) is the term for a public telephone company in the U.S. that provides local service.

(Local Exchange Carrier) - a telephone company. See ILEC and CLEC.

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An LEC (Local Exchange Carrier) is a telephone company that operates within a local area called a LATA (Local Access and Transport Area).

Local Exchange Carrier. A telecommunications company that provides telecommunication services in a defined geographic area.

(Local Exchange Carrier): The local phone companies - either a Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC) or an independent phone company- that provide local transmission services.

See Local Exchange Carrier

Local Exchange Carrier. The company that provides local voice and data services which includes both I-LECs and C-LECS.

Local Exchange Carrier. Provider of local telecommunications services. See also CLEC, ILEC

Local exchange carrier. In the U.S., a telephone company which provides local and long distance services within defined operating regions (e.g., a state) known as Local Access and Transport Areas (LATAs).

Local Exchange Carrier One of the U.S. telephone access and service providers that have grown up with the recent deregulation of telecommunications.

Local Exchange Carrier (BOC, RBOC, etc.). (7/96)

The carrier or local telephone company that handles local access and transport area (LATA) traffic (for example, a Bell operating company or independent local telephone company). See LATA.

Edit / Local Exchange Carriers - (USA) When the divestiture of AT&T occurred in 1984, the local bell operating companies were divided into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), and were required to confine their operations to local exchange carrier (LEC) functions. Prior to divestiture, an exchnge area was the term used to describe a geographical area in the United States where a single, uniform set of service was provided by "Ma Bell". The Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) established 160 areas based on the United States Government Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas. These areas are named local acess and trasport areas (LATAs). LATAs may span a metropolitan area or a state, since they are based on population density. The most important part of this aspect of deregulation was the restriction on both LECs and the now-called interexchange carriers (ICs or IXCs). The LECs offered service within the LATA, and the ICs offered service between the LATAs. See Also: LATA IXC RBOC

Local Exchange Carrier of whatever variety. It should be noted that there are more than 1000 such carriers in the USA in addition to the five RBOCs and GTE.

Local Exchange Carrier. The local regulated provider of public switched telecommunications services.

(local exchange carrier) offers local telecommunications service and includes both ILECs and CLECs.

Local Exchange Carrier) - A public telephone company in the United States that provides local service.

Local Exchange Carrier. Any company that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access (see ILEC).

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local exchange carrier. (1) Provider of local telephone service. (2) The provider of service within a LATA.

(Local Exchange Carrier) A LEC is any telephone company (Bell or independent) engaged in the business of furnishing exchange services and access services in a franchised territory.

Local Exchange Company, normally referring to the local telephone company and differentiating it from the long distance telephone carrier

Local Exchange Carrier. LECs provide local transmission services.

Local Exchange Carrier. A company owning and operating the lines and equipment that provide local service to an area. The local exchange carrier could be one of 1, 400 companies that provide local services, including the Bell Operating Companies, Verizon, United Telephone or Rochester Telephone. State agencies regulate local exchange carriers very closely by monitoring revenues, costs, quality standards and every other aspect of their business. The local exchange carrier maintains the local network for the use of the customer, and for the use of the long distance carrier to access the customer.

ocal xchange arrier. Also known as a local phone company.

Local Exchange Carrier Your long distance call goes from your phone to your IXC via one of these (e.g. Pac Bell, Bell Atlantic).

Local Exchange Carrier, defined in the Decision on Local Competition to mean either an ILEC or a CLEC.

Local Exchange Carrier. The supplier of phone and communications within a specific city or geographic region. Also commonly known as your local phone company.

is the term peculiar to the USA for a public telephone company (a Bell Operating Company (BOC) or an independent) in the USA that provides local service. Local or regional telephone company that owns and operates a telephone network and the customer lines that connect to it. There are several types of LEC including Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECS)

Local Exchange Carrier A company in your town who offers you "dial tone" service. The main types of LECs are ILECs and CLECs

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Local Exchange Carrier. The local phone companies, which can be either a Bell Operating Company (BOC) or an independent (for example, GTE) which traditionally had the exclusive, franchised right and responsibility to provide local transmission and switching services.

Local Exchange Carrier. A public telephone company in the U.S. that provides ordinary local voice-grade telecommunications service under regulation within a specified service area. Some of the largest LECs are the Bell operating companies (BOCs) which were grouped into holding companies known collectively as the regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs) when the Bell System was broken up in 1983. In addition to the Bell companies, there are a number of independent LECs, such as GTE.

The local or regional telephone company that owns and operates lines to customer locations and Class 5 Central Office Switches. LECs have connections to other COs, Tandem (Class 4 Toll) offices and may connect directly to IECs like AT&T, MCI, Sprint, etc.

Local Exchange Carrier. The telephone company that provides and supports the local connection to the public switched telephone network. In many areas of the US, the LEC is one of the seven regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs) or "Baby Bells," although these companies are undergoing dramatic mergers now. These LECs become partners for organizations seeking to develop a CHIN or, more conservatively, simply seeking to integrate their information system across many sites within a region. See also CHIN.

Local Exchange Carrier. A company that provides intra-LATA (local access transport area) telecommunications services.

Local Exchange Carrier, local telephone company.

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A landline telephone company serving a local area.

The local phone company, usually referring to the former Bell Operating Company or other independent that had the exclusive right to provide local phone service before divestiture of AT&T. LECs are now known as ILECs (Incumbent LECs), and newer companies offering local service are called CLECs (see also).

LAN emulation client. The client on an ELAN that performs data forwarding, address resolution, and other control functions. The LEC resides on end stations in an ELAN. See also: client; emulated local area network (ELAN); LAN emulation (LANE)

The incumbent local telephone company. There was originally no competition among LECs, but as soon as competition in the local loop picked up, LECs were segmented into ILECs, CLECs, and DCLECs.

A local telephone company, i.e., a communications common carrier that provides ordinary local voice-grade telecommunications service under regulation within a specified service area.

LAN Emulation Client. Located in a terminal ATM (host, switch).

LAN emulation client. Ethernet port in a virtual LAN network that has its own ATM address.