Tandem Switch definition

Tandem Switch or “Tandem Office” or “Tandem” is a switching entity that has billing and recording capabilities and is used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among End Office Switches and between and among End Office Switches and carriers’ aggregation points, points of termination, or points of presence, and to provide Switched Exchange Access Services.

Tandem Switch means an access tandem switch or other tandem switch equipped to provide Interconnection between CMRS providers and LECs that is used to connect and switch traffic between and among Central Office Switches and other Telecommunications Carriers’ networks for the purpose of providing Telephone Exchange Service and Switched Access Services.

Tandem Switch means/refers to a switch that has been designed for special functions that an End Office Switch does not or cannot perform. 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. The term “Tandem Office” and “Tandem” are used to refer to the building in which the Tandem Office Switch resides, but are also used interchangeably to refer to the switch within the building.

Examples of Tandem Switch in a sentence

• Other than delivery, Telco has no responsibility for traffic routed from or through another Telecommunication Carrier’s network to Telco's Tandem Switch destined for Carrier's Paging Terminal.

• In this case, Telco may establish Facilities and Trunks directly between Telco’s Tandem Switch and Carrier’s Paging Terminal for the completion of all Telco to Carrier calls destined to terminate to such NXXs.

• Carrier may establish Trunk Groups at a Telco Tandem Switch using a Type 2A interface.

• If in the future Carrier decide to us Type 2A interfaces, each NPA-NXX associated with a Trunk Group using a Type 2A interface must have a single Rating Point and that Rating Point must be associated with a Telco End Office Switch homing on the Telco Tandem Switch where the Trunk Group is located; provided however, the Rating Point may be designated anywhere in the Page 11 of 35‌‌‌‌‌ LATA when there is a final Commission ruling in a proceeding binding Telco.

• Carrier may establish Trunk Groups at an AT&T- 22STATE Tandem Switch using a Type 2A interface.

More Definitions of Tandem Switch

Tandem Switch or “Tandem Office Switch”

Tandem Switch means a physical or logical switching entity that has billing and recording capabilities and is used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among End Office Switches and between and among End Office Switches and carriers’ aggregation points, points of termination, or points of presence, and to provide Switched Exchange Access Services.

Tandem Switch or “Tandem(s)” are SBC-13STATE switches used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among other Central Office Switches. A Tandem Switch does not include a PBX .

Tandem Switch is a Class 4 switching system that connects and switches trunk circuits between and among Host Office Switch, End Office Switches, Mobile Switching Centers, and IXC networks.

Tandem Switch is a switch which is used to connect and switch trunk circuits between and among Central Office Switches.

Tandem Switch is a switching system that connects and switches trunk circuits between and among Central Office Switches, Mobile Switching Centers, and IXC networks. A Tandem Switch can also provide Host Office Switch or End Office Switch functions. A Central Office Switch may also be employed as a combination of any or all of the above switch types.

Tandem Switch is an AT&T-TSP switch used to connect Trunks between and among other Central Office Switches.