Virginia Administrative Code › Title 20 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS › Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION › Chapter 425 - RULES GOVERNING ENHANCED 911 (E-911) SERVICE › Section 20VAC5-425-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The words and terms in §
									56-484.12
				  of the Code of Virginia shall have application to this chapter. In addition,
				  the following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the
				  following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Automatic location identification" or "ALI" means the
				  feature by which the name, service address, and supplemental emergency service
				  information associated with the calling party's telephone number are forwarded
				  to the public safety answering point (PSAP) for automatic display on the PSAP
				  terminal equipment.
"Automatic number identification" or "ANI" means a feature by
				  which the telephone number associated with a network access line is initially
				  generated and forwarded to a PSAP for display on a 911 terminal.
"Average busy hour" means the one-hour period during the week
				  statistically shown over time to be the hour in which the most telephone calls
				  are received.
"Commission" means the Virginia State Corporation
				  Commission.
"Competitive local exchange carrier" or "CLEC" means an
				  entity, other than a locality, authorized to provide local exchange
				  telecommunications services in Virginia pursuant to §
									56-265.4:4
				  of the Code of Virginia and 20VAC5-417.
"Competitive telephone company" or "CTC" means any ILEC or
				  CLEC that has elected to be regulated as a competitive telephone company in
				  accordance with Chapter 2.1 (§
									56-54.2 et
				  seq
.
) of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia.
"Database error" means an error in ALI address information
				  caused by a LEC that affects the ability of a PSAP to route emergency services
				  correctly.
"E-911 ALI database" means the set of ALI records residing on
				  a computer system that is used with ANI to associate a physical location with a
				  telephone number, including information such as name, telephone number,
				  address, nearest cross street, and special preexisting conditions.
"E-911 services" means the services purchased by a
				  jurisdiction for the purpose of processing E-911 calls.
"Foreign central office service" means local exchange
				  telecommunications service that is furnished from one central office to a
				  location typically served by another central office.
"Foreign exchange service" means local exchange
				  telecommunications service that is furnished from one exchange to a location
				  typically served by another exchange.
"Incumbent local exchange carrier," "ILEC," or "incumbent"
				  means a public service company providing local exchange telecommunications
				  services in Virginia on December 31, 1995, pursuant to a certificate of public
				  convenience and necessity, or the successors to any such company.
"Local exchange carrier" or "LEC" means a certificated
				  provider of local exchange telecommunications services, encompassing ILECs,
				  CLECs, and MLECs, including ILECs and CLECs regulated as CTCs.
"Local exchange telecommunications services" means local
				  exchange telephone service as defined by §
									56-1 of
				  the Code of Virginia.
"Locality" means a city, town, or county that operates an
				  electric distribution system in Virginia.
"Municipal local exchange carrier" or "MLEC" means a locality
				  certificated to provide local exchange telecommunications services pursuant to
				  §
									56-265.4:4
				  of the Code of Virginia and 20VAC5-417.
"Network access line" or "NAL" means a wireline line, trunk,
				  or equivalent.
"New entrant" means a CLEC or an MLEC.
"P.01 grade of service" means a standard of service quality
				  reflecting the probability that no more than one call out of 100 during the
				  average busy hour will be blocked.
"Public safety answering point" or "PSAP" means a facility
				  equipped and staffed to receive and process 911 calls and route them to
				  emergency services personnel.
"Staff" means the commission's Division of Public Utility
				  Regulation and associated personnel.
Statutory Authority: §
											12.1-13
					 of the Code of Virginia.