KRS § 139.195 — KY Code / Title XI / Chapter 139 / Section 139.195
139.195 Definitions for KRS 139.105, 139.200, 139.215, and 139.775
Status: in_force

139.195 Definitions for KRS 139.105, 139.200, 139.215, and 139.775.

As used in KRS 139.105, 139.200, 139.215, and 139.775:

(1) "Ancillary services" means services that are associated with or incidental to the

provision of telecommunications services, including caller ID services, detailed

telecommunications billing, directory assistance, vertical services, conference

bridging services, and voice mail services;

(2) "Air-to-ground radiotelephone service" means a radio service, as defined in 47

C.F.R. 22.99, in which common carriers are authorized to offer and provide radio

telecommunications service for hire to subscribers in aircraft;

(3) "Call-by-call basis" means any method of charging for telecommunications services

where the price is measured by individual calls;

(4) "Communications channel" means a physical or virtual path of communications

over which signals are transmitted between or among customer channel termination

points;

(5) (a) "Communications service" means telecommunications services and ancillary

services.

(b) "Communications service" does not include the sale of communications

service to a communications provider that is buying the communications

service for sale or incorporation into a communications service for sale if:

1. The seller separately itemizes the charges for these services on the bill

provided to the purchaser; or

2. The seller can identify, by reasonable and verifiable standards, the

charges for these services from its books and records kept in the regular

course of business for other purposes including nontax purposes. These

services include:

a. Carrier access charges, excluding user access fees;

b. Right of access charges;

c. Interconnection charges paid by the provider of mobile

telecommunications services or other communications providers;

d. Charges for the sale of unbundled network elements as defined in

47 U.S.C. sec. 153(29) on January 1, 2001, to which access is

provided on an unbundled basis in accordance with 47 U.S.C. sec.

251(c)(3); and

e. Charges for use of facilities for providing or receiving

communications service;

(6) "Conference bridging services" means an ancillary service that links two (2) or

more participants of an audio or video conference call and may include the

provision of a telephone number. "Conference bridging services" does not include

the telecommunications services used to reach the conference bridge;

(7) "Customer" means the person or entity that contracts with the seller of

communications services. If the end user of communications services is not the

contracting party, the end user of the communications service is the customer of the

communications service, but only as it applies to the sourcing of the sale of

communications services as provided in KRS 139.105. "Customer" does not include

a reseller of communications service or a serving carrier providing mobile

telecommunications service under an agreement to serve the customer outside the

home service provider's licensed service area;

(8) "Customer channel termination point" means the location where the customer or

other purchaser either inputs or receives communications;

(9) "Detailed telecommunications billing service" means an ancillary service of

separately stated information pertaining to individual calls on a customer's billing

statement;

(10) "Directory assistance" means an ancillary service of providing telephone number

information or address information;

(11) "End user" means the person who utilized the communications service. In the case

of an entity, "end user" means the individual who utilized the service on behalf of

the entity;

(12) "Fixed wireless service" means a telecommunications service that provides radio

communications between fixed points;

(13) "Home service provider" means the same as provided in 4 U.S.C. sec. 124(5);

(14) "International" means a service that originates or terminates in the United States and

terminates or originates outside the United States, respectively. United States

includes the District of Columbia or a United States territory or possession;

(15) "Interstate" means a service that originates in one (1) state of the United States or a

United States territory or possession and terminates in a different state of the United

States or United States territory or possession;

(16) "Intrastate" means a service that originates in one (1) state of the United States or a

United States territory or possession and terminates in the same state of the United

States or a United States territory or possession;

(17) "Mobile telecommunications service" means the same as provided in 4 U.S.C. sec.

124(7);

(18) "Mobile wireless service" means a telecommunications service that is transmitted,

conveyed, or routed regardless of the technology used, whereby the origination and

termination points or the origination or termination points of the transmission,

conveyance, or routing are not fixed, including, by the way of example only,

telecommunications services that are provided by a commercial mobile radio

service provider;

(19) "Paging service" means a telecommunications service that provides a transmission

of coded radio signals for the purpose of activating specific pagers. Such

transmissions may include messages or sounds;

(20) "Pay telephone service" means a telecommunications service provided through any

pay telephone;

(21) "Place of primary use" means the street address where the customer's or other

purchaser's use of the communications service primarily occurs, and that is the

residential street address or the primary business street address of the customer or

other purchaser. In the case of mobile telecommunications service, "place of

primary use" shall be within the licensed service area of the home service provider;

(22) "Postpaid calling service" means a telecommunications service obtained by making

a payment on a call-by-call basis either through the use of a credit card or payment

mechanism such as a bank card, travel card, credit card, or debit card, or by charge

made to a telephone number not associated with the origination or termination of

the telecommunications service. A postpaid calling service includes a

telecommunications service, except a prepaid wireless calling service, that would be

a prepaid service except that it is not exclusively a telecommunications service;

(23) "Prepaid calling service" means the right to access exclusively telecommunications

services, which are paid for in advance and which enable the origination of calls

using an access number or authorization code, whether manually or electronically

dialed, and that is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number

declines with use in a known amount;

(24) "Prepaid wireless calling service" means a telecommunications service that:

(a) Provides the right to utilize mobile wireless service as well as other

nontelecommunications services, including the download of digital products

delivered electronically, content, and ancillary services;

(b) Must be paid for in advance; and

(c) Is sold in predetermined units of dollars of which the number declines with

use in a known amount;

(25) "Private communications service" means a telecommunications service that entitles

the customer or other purchaser to exclusive or priority use of a communications

channel or group of channels between or among termination points, regardless of

the manner in which the channel or channels are connected, and includes switching

capacity, extension lines, stations, and any other associated services that are

provided in connection with the use of a channel or channels;

(26) (a) "Service address" means the location of communications equipment to which

a customer's or other purchaser's call is charged and from which the call

originates or terminates, regardless of where the call is billed or paid.

(b) If the location of the communications equipment is not known, "service

address" means the origination point of the signal of the communications

services first identified by either the seller's communications system or in

information received by the seller from its service provider, where the system

used to transport the signals is not that of the seller.

(c) If the location cannot be determined according to the guidelines set forth in

paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, "service address" means the location

of the customer's or other purchaser's place of primary use;

(27) "Telecommunications nonrecurring charges" means an amount billed for the

installation, connection, change, or initiation of telecommunications service

received by the customer;

(28) (a) "Telecommunications service" means the electronic transmission, conveyance,

or routing of voice, data, audio, video, or any other information or signals to a

point, or between or among points.

(b) "Telecommunications service" includes but is not limited to:

1. The transmission, conveyance, or routing in which computer processing

applications are used to act on the form, code, or protocol of the content

for purposes of transmission, conveyance, or routing without regard to

whether the service is referred to as voice over Internet protocol (VOIP)

services or is classified by the Federal Communications Commission as

enhanced or value-added;

2. Paging service;

3. Telegraph and teletypewriter services;

4. Local and long distance telephone services;

5. Fixed wireless service;

6. Mobile wireless service;

7. Private communications service;

8. Telecommunications nonrecurring charges;

9. Value-added nonvoice data service;

10. 800 service; and

11. 900 service.

(c) "Telecommunications service" does not include:

1. Data processing and information services that allow data to be

generated, acquired, stored, processed, or retrieved and delivered by an

electronic transmission to a purchaser where the purchaser's primary

purpose for the underlying transaction is the processed data or

information;

2. Installation or maintenance of wiring or equipment on a customer's

premises;

3. Tangible personal property or digital property;

4. Advertising, including but not limited to directory advertising;

5. Billing and collection services provided to third parties;

6. Internet access service as defined in 47 U.S.C. sec. 151;

7. Radio and television audio and video programming services, regardless

of the medium, including the furnishing of transmission, conveyance,

and routing of such services by the programming service provider. Radio

and television audio and video programming services shall include but

not be limited to cable services as defined in 47 U.S.C. sec. 522(6) and

audio and video programming services delivered by commercial mobile

radio service providers, as defined in 47 C.F.R. 20.3;

8. Ancillary services;

9. Digital products delivered electronically, including but not limited to

software, music, video, rating materials, or ring tones; or

10. Telephone answering services;

(29) "Value-added nonvoice data service" means a service that otherwise meets the

definition of telecommunications service in which computer processing applications

are used to act on the form, content, code, or protocol of the information or data

primarily for the purpose other than transmission, conveyance, or routing;

(30) "Vertical service" means an ancillary service that is offered in connection with one

(1) or more telecommunications services, which offers advanced calling features

that allow customers to identify callers and to manage multiple calls and call

connections, including conference bridging services;

(31) "Voice mail service" means an ancillary service that enables the customer to store,

send, or receive recorded messages. "Voice mail service" does not include any

vertical services that the customer may be required to have in order to utilize the

voice mail service;

(32) "800 service" means a telecommunications service that allows a caller to dial a toll-

free number without incurring a charge for the call. The service is typically

marketed under the name "800," "855," "866," "877," and "888" toll-free calling,

and any subsequent numbers designated by the Federal Communications

Commission; and

(33) "900 service" means an inbound toll telecommunications service purchased by a

subscriber that allows the subscriber's customers to call in to the subscriber's

prerecorded announcement or live serve. "900 service" does not include the charge

for collections services provided to the seller of the telecommunications services to

the subscriber, or service or product sold by the subscriber to the subscriber's

customer. The service is typically marketed under the name "900" service and any

subsequent numbers designated by the Federal Communications Commission.