MTS

MTS definition - telecom
Synonymous with Direct Distance Dialing (DDD). See DDD. MTS/WATS Decision (Message Telecommunications Service/ Wide Area Telecommunications Service Decision) In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision (1978) that permitted MCI and others to offer switched MTS and WATS voice services in competition with AT&T. See also FCC, MTS, and WATS.

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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