Sec.  64.1902   Terms and definitions.

   Terms used in this part have the following meanings:

   Books of account. Books of account refer to the financial accounting system
   a company uses to record, in monetary terms, the basic transactions of a
   company. These books of account reflect the company's assets, liabilities,
   and equity, and the revenues and expenses from operations. Each company has
   its own separate books of account.

   Incumbent Independent Local Exchange Carrier (Incumbent Independent LEC).
   The term incumbent independent local exchange carrier means, with respect to
   an area, the independent local exchange carrier that:

   (1) On February 8, 1996, provided telephone exchange service in such area;
   and

   (2)(i)  On February 8, 1996, was deemed to be a member of the exchange
   carrier association pursuant to  Sec. 69.601(b) of this title; or

   (ii) Is a person or entity that, on or after February 8, 1996, became a
   successor  or assign of a member described in paragraph (2)(i) of this
   section.  The Commission may also, by rule, treat an independent local
   exchange carrier as an incumbent independent local exchange carrier pursuant
   to section 251(h)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.

   Independent Local Exchange Carrier (Independent LEC). Independent local
   exchange carriers are local exchange carriers, including GTE, other than the
   BOCs.

   Independent Local Exchange Carrier Affiliate (Independent LEC Affiliate). An
   independent local exchange carrier affiliate is a carrier that is owned (in
   whole or in part) or controlled by, or under common ownership (in whole or
   in part) or control with, an independent local exchange carrier.

   In-region  service. In-region service means telecommunications service
   originating in an independent local exchange carrier's local service areas
   or 800 service, private line service, or their equivalents that:

   (1) Terminate in the independent LEC's local exchange areas; and

   (2) Allow the called party to determine the interexchange carrier, even if
   the service originates outside the independent LEC's local exchange areas.

   Local Exchange Carrier. The term local exchange carrier means any person
   that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange
   access.  Such term does not include a person insofar as such person is
   engaged  in the provision of a commercial mobile service under section
   332(c), except to the extent that the Commission finds that such service
   should be included in the definition of that term.

   [ 64 FR 44425 , Aug. 16, 1999]