§ 53.201 47 CFR Ch. I (10–1–10 Edition) with respect to such action entered on mission component, provided to the or after August 24, 1982. customer for a single charge. Bell Operating Company (BOC). The InterLATA Service. An interLATA serv- term Bell operating company ice is a service that involves tele- (1) Means any of the following com- communications between a point lo- panies: Bell Telephone Company of Ne- cated in a LATA and a point located vada, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, outside such area. The term Indiana Bell Telephone Company, In- ‘‘interLATA service’’ includes both corporated, Michigan Bell Telephone interLATA telecommunications serv- Company, New England Telephone and ices and interLATA information serv- Telegraph Company, New Jersey Bell ices. Telephone Company, New York Tele- Local Access and Transport Area phone Company, U S West Communica- (LATA). A LATA is a contiguous geo- tions Company, South Central Bell graphic area: Telephone Company, Southern Bell (1) Established before February 8, Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1996 by a BOC such that no exchange Southwestern Bell Telephone Com- area includes points within more than pany, The Bell Telephone Company of one metropolitan statistical area, con- Pennsylvania, The Chesapeake and Po- solidated metropolitan statistical area, tomac Telephone Company, The Chesa- or state, except as expressly permitted peake and Potomac Telephone Com- under the AT&T Consent Decree; or pany of Maryland, The Chesapeake and (2) Established or modified by a BOC Potomac Telephone Company of Vir- after February 8, 1996 and approved by ginia, The Chesapeake and Potomac the Commission. Telephone Company of West Virginia, Local Exchange Carrier (LEC). A LEC The Diamond State Telephone Com- is any person that is engaged in the pany, The Ohio Bell Telephone Com- provision of telephone exchange service pany, The Pacific Telephone and Tele- or exchange access. Such term does not graph Company, or Wisconsin Tele- include a person insofar as such person phone Company; and is engaged in the provision of commer- (2) Includes any successor or assign cial mobile service under section 332(c) of any such company that provides of the Act, except to the extent that wireline telephone exchange service; the Commission finds that such service but should be included in the definition of (3) Does not include an affiliate of such term. any such company, other than an affil- Out-of-Region InterLATA service. Out- iate described in paragraphs (1) or (2) of of-region interLATA service is this definition. interLATA service that originates out- In-Region InterLATA service. In-region side a BOC’s in-region states. interLATA service is interLATA service Section 272 affiliate. A section 272 affil- that originates in any of a BOC’s in-re- iate is a BOC affiliate that complies gion states, which are the states in with the separate affiliate require- which the BOC or any of its affiliates ments of section 272(b) of the Act and was authorized to provide wireline tele- the regulations contained in this part. phone exchange service pursuant to the reorganization plan approved under the Subpart B—Bell Operating Com- AT&T Consent Decree, as in effect on February 7, 1996. For the purposes of pany Entry Into InterLATA this part, 800 service, private line serv- Services ice, or equivalent services that termi- nate in a BOC’s in-region state and Subpart C—Separate Affiliate; allow the called party to determine the Safeguards interLATA carrier are considered to be in-region interLATA service. § 53.201 Services for which a section InterLATA Information Service. An 272 affiliate is required. interLATA information service is an in- For the purposes of applying section formation service that incorporates as 272(a)(2) of the Act: a necessary, bundled element an (a) Previously authorized activities. interLATA telecommunications trans- When providing previously authorized 96 VerDate Mar<15>2010 13:48 Nov 09, 2010 Jkt 220202 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Y:\SGML\220202.XXX 220202 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with CFR.