Prepaid World Index Glossary
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| IC - - Interexchange Carrier - IXC - IEC (IEC is
preferred). A company providing long-distance phone service between LECs and
LATAs. |
| IEC - Interexchange Carrier - - IC - IXC (IEC is
preferred). A company providing long-distance phone service between LECs and
LATAs. |
| Interexchange - - Communication between two different
LATAs. |
| InterLATA - - Communication between Local Access
Transport Areas. 1982 MFJ requires LECs to use an IEC for InterLATA services. |
| International - - Between multiple nations. |
| International Telecommunications Union (ITU) - -
Organization in Geneva that evaluates and approves proposed standards for
making telecommunications products work together. |
| Internet Protocol (IP) - - Main protocol (i.e., set of
rules that formulates the foundation of communication) that controls data flow
from one point to the another. It is actually the low-level common denominator
of the Internet. |
| Internet Service Provider (ISP) - - Company that offers
its customers accesses to the Internet. |
| Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP) - - Company
that offers its customers the ability to make phone calls over the public
Internet. |
| Interstate - - Between multiple states. Interstate
communications are regulated by the FCC. |
| IntraLATA - - Communication within a Local Access
Transport Area. 1982 MFJ allows LEC to handle these calls without an IEC. |
| Intrastate - - Communication within a single state.
Intrastate communications are regulated by each state's PUC. |
| ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) - - Phone
line service whose technology offers more bandwidth more economically; it is
therefore better suited for Internet telephony and video applications. ISDN
uses multiple channels for data and voice. |
| IXC - - 1) Interexchange Carrier (IEC is preferred). A
company providing long-distance phone service between LECs and LATAs. 2)
Interexchange Circuit. A circuit that connects PoPs. |