Mobile Switching Center definition

Mobile Switching Center or “MSC” is a switching facility that performs the switching for the routing of calls among its mobile subscribers and subscribers in other mobile or landline networks. The MSC is used to connect and switch trunk circuits within the wireless network and between the wireless network and the public switched network for wireless traffic by a CMRS provider.

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Mobile Switching Center or “MSC” means CMRS Provider's facilities and related equipment used to route, transport and switch commercial mobile radio service traffic to, from and among its end users and other telecommunications companies.

Mobile Switching Center or “MSC” means CMRS Provider's facilities and related equipment used to route, transport and switch commercial mobile radio service traffic to, from and among its end users and other telecommunications companies. A MSC may provide both end office and tandem office equivalent functionality.

Examples of Mobile Switching Center in a sentence

• Facilities that do not terminate at a demarcation point at an End User premises, including, by way of example, but not limited to, facilities that terminate to another carrier’s switch or premises, a cell site, Mobile Switching Center or base station, do not constitute local Loops under Section 251, except to the extent that CLEC may require Loops to such locations for the purpose of providing telecommunications services to its personnel at those locations.

• Facilities that do not constitute loops as defined under 47 C.F.R. Part 51.319(a), including, by way of example, but not limited to, facilities that terminate to another carrier’s switch, a cell site, Mobile Switching Center or base station, do not constitute local loops.

• Facilities that do not terminate at a demarcation point at an End User premises, including, by way of example, but not limited to, facilities that terminate to another carrier’s switch or premises, a cell site, Mobile Switching Center or base station, do not constitute local Loops.

More Definitions of Mobile Switching Center

Mobile Switching Center or MSC means the switching center used by a CMRS carrier in performing routing functions for originating or terminating functions for calls to or from end user customers of the CMRS carrier.

Mobile Switching Center or "MSC" means a switching facility used by a CMRS provider to terminate Customer mobile wireless service. A Central Office Switch may also be employed as a combination End Office/Tandem Office Switch.

Mobile Switching Center or "MSC" means Carrier's facilities and related equipment used to route, transport and switch commercial mobile radio service traffic to, from and among its end users and other telecommunications companies.

Mobile Switching Center or “MSC” which is a Wireless Carrier’s Switch(es) used by VZW in performing originating and termination functions for calls exchanged between VZW’s End Users and other Telecommunications Carriers. A VZW MSC shall be considered a Tandem Office Switch(es) to the extent such Switch(es) serve(s) a comparable geographic area as Qwest’s Tandem Office Switch. A fact-based consideration by the Commission of geography should be used to classify any switch on a prospective basis “Charge Number” (ChN) is a Common Channel Signaling parameter, which refers to the number, transmitted through the network identifying the Billing number of the calling party. Charge Number frequently is not the Calling Party Number (CPN).

Mobile Switching Center. MSC”)” means/refers to an essential switching element in a wireless network which performs the switching for routing of calls between and among its subscribers and subscribers in other wireless or landline networks. The MSC is used to interconnect trunk circuits between and among other MSC’s, Tandem Switches, End Office Switches, IXC switching systems, aggregation points, points of termination, or point of presence.

Mobile Switching Center. (MSC) - A CMRS switch that provides concentration, distribution and switching functions for originating and terminating CMRS traffic and interconnecting to Ameritech trunks.

Mobile Switching Center means as used by CMRS Provider in performing, inter alia, originating and terminating functions for calls to or from CMRS Provider’s End Users.