R746-346-2. General Definitions

The following words and terms shall have the following meaning in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

A. "Aggregator" -- A person that:

1. is not a telecommunications corporation;

2. in the ordinary course of its business makes operator assisted services available to the public or to customers and transient users of its business or property through an operator service provider;

3. receives from an operator service provider by contract, tariff, or otherwise, commissions or compensation for calls delivered from the aggregator's location to the operator service provider.

B. "Automatic Number Identification" -- The ability to automatically identify the originating telephone number from the local switching system.

C. "Call Splashing" -- Call transferring, whether caller requested or operator service provider initiated, that results in a call being rated or billed from a site different from the one from which the call originated.

D. Call Transferring" -- Processing of a call from one operator service provider to another operator service provider.

E. "End User Choice" -- The ability to route operator-assisted calls to the billed party's chosen operator service provider and telecommunication carrier.

F. "Operator-Assisted Service" -- Services which assist callers in placing or charging a telephone call, either through live intervention or automated intervention.

G. "Operator Service Provider" -- A person who provides, for a fee to a caller, operator-assisted services.

K. "Originating Line Screening" -- A two-digit code passed by the local switching system, with the automatic number identification, at the beginning of a call that provides information about the originating line.

L. "Redirect the Call" -- A procedure used by operator service providers that transmits a signal back to the originating telephone instrument and causes the instrument to disconnect the operator service provider's connection and to redial the digits, originally dialed by the caller, directly to the local exchange carrier's network.