heavy carrier

heavy carrier definition - telecom
A facilities-based carrier, i.e., one that owns the switching and transmission systems that compose the network it uses to provide services to its customers. See also carrier and light carrier.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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