LEC

LEC definition - telecom
  1. Local Exchange Carrier. A company providing local telephone service. The incumbent LEC (ILEC) is the local telephony company (telco) in place prior to competition, which introduced one or more competitive LECs (CLECs). See also carrier.
  2. LAN Emulation Client. In LANE (LAN Emulation), an end system or endpoint.The LEC connects to the ATM network over a LANE user-to-network interface (LUNI). See also ATM, LANE, and LUNI.

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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