"Telecommunication services" defined
Sec. 13. "Telecommunication services" means the transmission of
messages or information by or using wire, cable, fiber optics, laser,
microwave, radio, satellite, or similar facilities. The term does not
include any of the following:
(1) Value added services in which computer processing
applications are used to act on the form, content, code, or
protocol of the information for purposes other than
transmission.
(2) Value added services providing text, graphic, video, or
audio program content for a purpose other than transmission.
(3) The transmission of video programming or other
programming:
(A) provided by; or
(B) generally considered comparable to programming
provided by;
a television broadcast station or a radio broadcast station,
including cable TV, direct broadcast satellite (DBS/DISH), and
digital television (DTV).
As added by P.L.192-2002(ss), SEC.47.
Last modified: May 28, 2006