Local Exchange Carrier - local phone company, can either be a BOC or an independent (i e Verizon); differentiates them from CLECs (see BOC, CLEC)
Local Exchange Carrier 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) This terminology delineates them from CLECs (competitive LECs) and ELECs (enterprise LECs) See CLEC and ELEC
Local Exchange Carrier - A Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC) or an independent operating company offering interLATA telecommunications services over the public switched network
Local Exchange Carrier: A wireline phone company serving a local area See also ILEC and CLEC (Back to top )
Shorthand for Local Exchange Carrier--telephone company lingo for your local telephone company See also RBOC
Local Exchange Carrier Local or regional telephone company that owns and operates a telephone network and the customer lines that connect to it
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: A telephone company affiliate of a Regional Bell Operating Company or an Independent Telephone Company
Local Exchange Carrier: one of the new U S telephone access and service providers that have grown up with the recent U S deregulation of telecommunications
LAN Emulation Client: The entity in end systems which performs data forwarding, address resolution, and other control functions See also Local Exchange Carrier
The local phone companies, which can be either a Bell Operating Company (BOC) or an independent (e g GTE), who provide local transmission services Prior to divestiture, the LECs were called telephone companies or telcos
Local Exchange Carrier The local telephone company serving an area There are Incumbent LECs (ILEC)--those with a local monopoly--and Competitive LECs (CLEC) Long distance companies, also known as IXCs (Inter Exchange Carriers), pay LECs a fee for access to local telephones