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Wireless and Wireline Telephone Companies

This document discusses various types of telecommunications service providers including: - Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) which compete with incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) to provide local telephone services. - ILECs which were the original, established local telephone companies prior to the break up of AT&T and emergence of competitors. - Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) which were formed following the breakup of AT&T and divestiture of its local operating companies. - Telecommunications service providers (TSPs) and communications service providers (CSPs) which transport information electronically and include telephone, internet, cable, satellite and managed services companies.

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Wireless and Wireline Telephone Companies

This document discusses various types of telecommunications service providers including: - Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) which compete with incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) to provide local telephone services. - ILECs which were the original, established local telephone companies prior to the break up of AT&T and emergence of competitors. - Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) which were formed following the breakup of AT&T and divestiture of its local operating companies. - Telecommunications service providers (TSPs) and communications service providers (CSPs) which transport information electronically and include telephone, internet, cable, satellite and managed services companies.

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Wireless and Wireline Telephone Companies

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CLEC

A Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC), in the United States, is a telecommunications


provider company (sometimes called a "carrier") that competes with other,
already established carriers (generally the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC)).

An 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." The ILEC is the former Bell System or Independent
Telephone Company responsible for providing local telephone
exchange services in a specified geographic area. GTE was the
second largest ILEC after the Bells, but it has since been absorbed
into Verizon, an RBOC. ILECs compete with
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC).
RBOC

The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of the
U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against the former
American Telephone & Telegraph Company (later known as AT&T Corp.) On
January 8, 1982, AT&T Corp. settled the suit and agreed to divest ("spin off")
its local exchange service operating companies. Effective January 1, 1984,
AT&T Corp.'s local operations were split into seven independent Regional Bell
Operating Companies known as "Baby Bells." RBOCs were originally known
as Regional Holding Companies (RHCs).
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A telecommunications service provider or TSP is a type of
communications service provider that has traditionally provided telephone
and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile
wireless communication companies.
A communications service provider or CSP is a service provider
that transports information electronically. The term encompasses
public and private companies in the telecom (landline and wireless),
Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses

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