Tandem Office Switches definition

Tandem Office Switches which are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among other Central Office Switches. A Central Office Switch may also be employed as a combination End Office/Tandem Office Switch.

Tandem Office Switches. “Tandem,” and “Tandem Switching” describe Class 4 switches which are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among End Office Switches and other tandems.

Tandem Office Switches which are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among other Central Office Switches. Access tandems provide connections for exchange access and toll traffic while local tandems provide connections for local/EAS traffic.

Examples of Tandem Office Switches in a sentence

• A switch used to provide Telecommunications Services including (1) End Office Switches which are Class 5 switches from which end-user Telephone Exchange Services are directly connected and offered, and (2) Tandem Office Switches which are Class 4 switches used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among Central Office Switches.

• A switch used to provide telecommunications services including (1) End Office Switches which are Class 5 switches from which end-user Exchange Services are directly connected and offered, and (2) Tandem Office Switches which are Class 4 switches which are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among central office switches.

• CLEC Switch(es) shall be considered Tandem Office Switch(es) to the extent such Switch(es) serve(s) a comparable geographic area as Qwest’s Tandem Office Switch.

• A switch used to provide telecommunications services including but not limited to (1) End Office Switches which are Class 5 switches from which end-user Exchange Services are directly connected and offered, and (2) Tandem Office Switches which are Class 4 switches which are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among central office switches.

• A Tandem Office Switch provides a common switch point whereby other switches, both Tandem Office Switches and End Office Switches, may exchange calls between each other when a direct Trunk Group is unavailable.

More Definitions of Tandem Office Switches

Tandem Office Switches are Class 4 switches which are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among End Office Switches and other tandems.

Tandem Office Switches or "Tandems," which are used to connect and switch trunk Circuits between and among other Central Office Switches. A Central Office Switch may also be employed as a combination End Office/Tandem Office Switch.

Tandem Office Switches are switches that are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among other End Office Switches. Access Tandems (“Access Tandems”) exchange access traffic, Toll Tandems (“Toll Tandems”) exchange intraLATA toll traffic and Local Tandems exchange EAS/Local traffic.

Tandem Office Switches. CLEC Switch(es) shall be considered 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 of geography, when approved by the Commission or mutually agreed to by the Parties, should be used to classify any Switch on a prospective basis. Qwest “Tandem Office Switches” are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among other End Office Switches. Access tandems typically provide connections for exchange access and toll traffic, and Jointly Provided Switched Access traffic while local tandems provide connections for Exchange Service (EAS/Local) traffic. CLECs may also utilize a Qwest Access Tandem for the exchange of local traffic as set forth in this Agreement.

Tandem Office Switches are used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among other End Office Switches. A Wireless Carrier’s switch(es) shall be considered 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.

Tandem Office Switches. CLEC End Office Switch(es) shall be considered Tandem Office Switch(es) for the purpose of determining reciprocal compensation rates to the extent such Switch(es) serve(s) a comparable geographic area as Qwest’s Tandem Office Switch. Nothing in this definition alters the xxxx and keep arrangement described in Section 7.3.1

Tandem Office Switches or “Tandem(s)” are switches used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among other Central Office Switches. A Tandem Switch does not include a PBX.