In the Telecommunications Act of 1996 with respect to an area, the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier is defined as the Local Exchange Carrier that, on the date of enactment of the Act, provided telephone exchange service in that area; for example, Verizon.
Typically the carrier that was granted the right to provide service as a result of the breakup of AT&T. These providers are also referred to as RBOCs (Regional Bell Operating Companies) or Baby Bells.
A LEC which, when competition begins, has the dominant position in the market; the original carrier in the market prior to the entry of competition.
A local telephone company, such as a Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC), GTE, or ALLNET, that competes with an Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC).
Also known as Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC), or more affectionately since the landmark 1984 break-up of Ma Bell as “Baby Bells†these telephone carriers operate the local telephone systems that lay the foundation for the PSTN. Originally seven (New York/New England Telephone, Bell Atlantic, Ameritech, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, U.S. West and Pacific Telesis), ILECs have combined through mergers and/or acquisitions to only four entities.
A telecommunications company that provides local telephone service to a region or locality. ILECs generally are Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) ? a member of the group of companies (?Baby Bells?) that were created in the 1984 divestiture of AT&T.
A company that, prior to the introduction of competition, provided monopoly local telephone service.
A telephone utility that provided local service as a regulated monopoly before the introduction of competitive local service providers.
A telephone utility that has traditionally provided local service as a regulated monopoly within an assigned geographic area, and that was providing local exchange service before implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. (See "Competitive Local Exchange Carrier," "Telecommunications Act of 1996.")
The companies originally franchised under the auspices of the state Public Utilities Commission as the sole provider of local telephone service within a specific geographic area. This includes both Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) and independent telephone companies.
The primary telephone companies that handle voice and data connections. There are seven primary ILECS - Pacific Bell, US West, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, Southwestern Bell, Ameritech, and GTE.
ILECs are Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) and other independent telephone providers that own their own facilities, and predate the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which spurred an explosion of Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs). Many of the CLECs use facilities of the ILECs to connect to their customers.
(ILEC) Term used to describe the established local phone company of a certain region before The Telecommunications Act of 1996. (See RBOC).
A U.S. telephone company that was providing local service when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was enacted. ILECs include the regional Bell operating companies. A "local exchange" is a carrier's local "central office", where residential and business lines terminate. Local exchanges connect to other local exchanges within a local access and transport area or to interexchange carriers such as long-distance carriers like AT&T and Sprint.
(ILEC): The companies that wer ein business before the CLECs. The highest-visibility ILECs are the regional Bell operating companies, or RBOCs.
This term refers to traditional local telephone companies such as one of the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) in the United States.
ILECs generally at one time or another were franchised as a monopoly service provider. In most areas of the world, the incumbent carriers still dominate the local market. In the U.S., these former monopolists now face significant competition from long distance carriers, competitive carriers, cable companies, and others that would like to break into the local market.
The historic local phone service provider in a market, often a former Bell company. Distinct from competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), new market entrants.
The primary local phone service provider for a given market. Also called a regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC). ... more
ILEC, short for incumbent local exchange carrier, is a local telephone company in the United States that was in existence at the time of the break up of AT&T into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) also known as the "Baby Bells". GTE was the second largest ILEC after the Bells, but it has since been absorbed into Verizon, an RBOC. ILECs compete with upstart Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC).