ILEC

ILEC definition - telecom
A company providing local telephone service prior to the introduction of local competition, which introduced one or more competitive LECs (CLECs). In the United States, an ILEC is a company that as of February 8, 1996 provided telephone exchange services to the area in which it was authorized to provide service and was permitted to participate as a member of the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA). See also carrier, IXC, and NECA.

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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