Telephone utility definition

Telephone utility or “utility” means any person, partnership, business association, or corporation, domestic or foreign, owning or operating any facilities for furnishing communications service to the public for compensation.
Telephone utility means a telephone utility as defined at KRS 278.010(3)(e) except that it includes local exchange carriers only;
Telephone utility means a body that has as its primary purpose the provision of telephone services to the public in any State or Territory.

Examples of Telephone utility in a sentence

  • Telephone utility equipment shall be located in an area within of the telephone backboard.


More Definitions of Telephone utility

Telephone utility or “utility” means any person, partnership, business association, or corporation, domestic or foreign, owning or operating any facilities for furnishing communications service to the public for compensation, but does not include a provider of Internet protocol-enabled service or voice over Internet protocol service with regard to the provider’s provision of such service to retail customers. The board shall not directly or indirectly regulate the entry, rates, terms, or conditions for Internet protocol-enabled service or voice over Internet protocol service, but voice over Internet protocol service may be subject to fees subsequently established by state or federal statute, rule, or requirement such as 911 or dual party relay service.
Telephone utility means a public utility, as defined at N.J.A.C. 14:3-1.1, as well as any entity [person], as defined at N.J.A.C. 14:3-1.1, that provides telecommunications services to the public [for a fee].
Telephone utility means any person, firm, partnership, cooperative, organization or corporation furnishing telephone service to the public under the jurisdiction of the commission.
Telephone utility means any public utility which is engaged in the business of supplying the pub- lic with telephone or telephonic service or operating a telephone exchange.

Related to Telephone utility

  • Telephone Service means calls (including voice, voicemail and conference and data calls), supplementary services (including call forwarding and call transfer) and messaging and multi-media services (including short message services, enhanced media services and multi-media services);

  • Telephone Toll Service is As Defined in the Act.

  • Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) means telephone service for the transmission of human speech.