---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 69.703"
title: "47"
number: "69.703"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/69.703"
---

# §69.703. Definitions.


For purposes of this subpart:

- (a) **Channel terminations.**
  - (1) A channel termination between an IXC POP and a serving wire center is a dedicated channel connecting an IXC POP and a serving wire center, offered for purposes of carrying special access traffic.
  - (2) A channel termination between a LEC end office and a customer premises is a dedicated channel connecting a LEC end office and a customer premises, offered for purposes of carrying special access traffic.
- (b) **Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).** This term shall have the definition provided in [§ 22.909(a)](/cfr/47/22.909.md?p=a) of this chapter.
- (c) **Interexchange Carrier Point of Presence (IXC POP).** The point of interconnection between an interexchange carrier's network and a local exchange carrier's network.
- (d) **Wire center.** For purposes of this subpart, the term “wire center” shall refer to any location at which an incumbent LEC is required to provide expanded interconnection for special access pursuant to [§ 64.1401(a)](/cfr/47/64.1401.md?p=a) of this chapter, and any location at which an incumbent LEC is required to provide expanded interconnection for switched transport pursuant to [§ 64.1401(b)(1)](/cfr/47/64.1401.md?p=b-1) of this chapter.
- (e) **Study area.** A common carrier's entire service area within a state.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 64 FR 51267, Sept. 22, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, 220, 254, 403.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 10358, Mar. 11, 1983, unless otherwise noted.