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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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(a) “Automatic number identification” means a system that identifies the billing account for a call and includes an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the ten-digit number used to place a 911 call from a wire line, wireless, interconnected VoIP or nontraditional telephone service.
(b) “Caller identification information” means information provided by a caller identification service regarding the telephone number, or other origination information, of a call or facsimile transmission made using a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service, or of a text message sent using a text-messaging service.
(c) “Caller identification service” means any service or device designed to provide the user of the service or device with the telephone number of, or other information regarding the origination of, a call made using a telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service. The term includes automatic number identification services.
(d) “Interconnected VoIP service” means an interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service that:
(i) Enables real-time, two-way voice communications;
(ii) Requires a broadband internet connection from the user's location;
(iii) Requires internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment; and
(iv) Permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network.
(e) “Place of primary use” means the street address where a subscriber's use of a telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service primarily occurs, which shall be:
(i) The residential street address or the primary business street address of the subscriber or, in the case of a subscriber of interconnected VoIP service, the subscriber's registered location; and
(ii) Within the licensed service area of the provider.
(f) “Provider” means a person or entity that offers telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service.
(g) “Registered location” means the most recent information obtained by an interconnected VoIP service provider that identifies the physical location of an end user.
(h) “Subscriber” means a person:
(i) Who subscribes to a caller identification service in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service; and
(ii) Whose place of primary use for the service described in paragraph (h)(i) is located in Mississippi.
(i) “Telecommunications service” means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to classes of users so as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 77. Public Utilities and Carriers § 77-3-803 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-77-public-utilities-and-carriers/ms-code-sect-77-3-803/
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