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Section 11-98-6

Definitions.

As used in this section and Sections 11-98-7, 11-98-8, and 11-98-9, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION or ANI. An enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the 10-digit wireless telephone number used to place a 911 call and includes pseudo-automatic number identification or pseudo-ANI, which means an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the number of the cell site and an identification of the CMRS provider.

(2) BOARD or CMRS BOARD. The Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telephone Services Board.

(3) COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE or CMRS. Commercial mobile radio service under Sections 3(27) and 332(d) of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103-66, Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 312. The term includes the term wireless and service provided by any wireless real time two-way voice communication device, including radio-telephone communications used in cellular telephone service, personal communication service, or the functional or competitive equivalent of a radio-telephone communications line used in cellular telephone service, a personal communication service, or a network radio access line. The term does not include service whose customers do not have access to 911 or to an enhanced 911-like service, to a communications channel suitable only for data transmission, to a wireless roaming service or other non-local radio access line service, or to a private telecommunications system.

(4) COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE PROVIDER or CMRS PROVIDER. A person or entity who provides commercial mobile radio service or CMRS service.

(5) CMRS CONNECTION. A mobile telephone number assigned to a CMRS customer.

(6) CMRS CUSTOMER. A person, business, corporation, or other entity that purchases, utilizes, or otherwise obtains wireless CMRS service, other than CMRS service sold to an entity for the purpose of resale.

(7) CMRS FUND. The Commercial Mobile Radio Service Fund required to be established and maintained pursuant to Section 11-98-7(b)(2).

(8) CMRS SERVICE CHARGE. The CMRS emergency telephone service charge levied and maintained pursuant to Section 11-98-7(b)(1) and (b)(2) and collected pursuant to Section 11-98-8.

(9) DISTRIBUTION FORMULA. The percentage of the total state population residing in an ECD, compared to the total state population residing in all ECDs statewide, based upon the latest census data or estimates compiled by or for the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

(10) ECD. An emergency communications district created pursuant to this chapter.

(11) ENHANCED 911, E-911, ENHANCED E-911 SYSTEM, or E-911 SYSTEM. An emergency telephone system that provides the caller with emergency 911 system service, that directs enhanced 911 calls to appropriate public safety answering points by selective routing based on the geographical location from which the call originated, and that provides the capability for automatic number identification and the features that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may require in the future.

(12) EXCHANGE ACCESS FACILITY. An exchange access facility as defined by Section 11-98-1(4).

(13) FCC ORDER. The order of the Federal Communications Commission, FCC Docket No. 94-102, adopted on June 12, 1996, and released on July 26, 1996.

(14) LICENSED SERVICE AREA. The geographic area in which the CMRS provider is authorized by law or contract to provide CMRS service.

(15) MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER. The telephone number assigned to a wireless telephone.

(16) PHASE II ENHANCED 911 SERVICE. An emergency telephone system that provides the location of all 911 calls by longitude and latitude in conformance with accuracy requirements established by the Federal Communications Commission.

(17) PLACE OF PRIMARY USE. The street address representative of where the customer's use of the mobile telecommunications service primarily occur, which must be: a. The residental street address or the primary business street address of the customer; and b. within the licensed service area of the CMRS provider.

(18) PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY. A public safety agency as defined by Section 11-98-1(6).

(19) SERVICE SUPPLIER. A service supplier as defined by Section 11-98-1(7).

(20) TECHNICAL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Technology descriptions, technical information, or trade secrets, including the term trade secrets as defined by the Alabama Trade Secrets Act of 1987, Section 8-27-1 et seq., and the actual or developmental costs thereof which are developed, produced, or received internally by a CMRS provider or by a CMRS provider's employees, directors, officers, or agents.

(Acts 1984, No. 84-369, p. 854, §5; Acts 1992, No. 92-562, p. 1165, §1; Act 98-338, p. 584, §1; Act 2007-459, p. 950, §1.)

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Statutes > Alabama > Title11 > Title3 > 11-98-6

Section 11-98-6

Definitions.

As used in this section and Sections 11-98-7, 11-98-8, and 11-98-9, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION or ANI. An enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the 10-digit wireless telephone number used to place a 911 call and includes pseudo-automatic number identification or pseudo-ANI, which means an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the number of the cell site and an identification of the CMRS provider.

(2) BOARD or CMRS BOARD. The Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telephone Services Board.

(3) COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE or CMRS. Commercial mobile radio service under Sections 3(27) and 332(d) of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103-66, Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 312. The term includes the term wireless and service provided by any wireless real time two-way voice communication device, including radio-telephone communications used in cellular telephone service, personal communication service, or the functional or competitive equivalent of a radio-telephone communications line used in cellular telephone service, a personal communication service, or a network radio access line. The term does not include service whose customers do not have access to 911 or to an enhanced 911-like service, to a communications channel suitable only for data transmission, to a wireless roaming service or other non-local radio access line service, or to a private telecommunications system.

(4) COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE PROVIDER or CMRS PROVIDER. A person or entity who provides commercial mobile radio service or CMRS service.

(5) CMRS CONNECTION. A mobile telephone number assigned to a CMRS customer.

(6) CMRS CUSTOMER. A person, business, corporation, or other entity that purchases, utilizes, or otherwise obtains wireless CMRS service, other than CMRS service sold to an entity for the purpose of resale.

(7) CMRS FUND. The Commercial Mobile Radio Service Fund required to be established and maintained pursuant to Section 11-98-7(b)(2).

(8) CMRS SERVICE CHARGE. The CMRS emergency telephone service charge levied and maintained pursuant to Section 11-98-7(b)(1) and (b)(2) and collected pursuant to Section 11-98-8.

(9) DISTRIBUTION FORMULA. The percentage of the total state population residing in an ECD, compared to the total state population residing in all ECDs statewide, based upon the latest census data or estimates compiled by or for the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

(10) ECD. An emergency communications district created pursuant to this chapter.

(11) ENHANCED 911, E-911, ENHANCED E-911 SYSTEM, or E-911 SYSTEM. An emergency telephone system that provides the caller with emergency 911 system service, that directs enhanced 911 calls to appropriate public safety answering points by selective routing based on the geographical location from which the call originated, and that provides the capability for automatic number identification and the features that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may require in the future.

(12) EXCHANGE ACCESS FACILITY. An exchange access facility as defined by Section 11-98-1(4).

(13) FCC ORDER. The order of the Federal Communications Commission, FCC Docket No. 94-102, adopted on June 12, 1996, and released on July 26, 1996.

(14) LICENSED SERVICE AREA. The geographic area in which the CMRS provider is authorized by law or contract to provide CMRS service.

(15) MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER. The telephone number assigned to a wireless telephone.

(16) PHASE II ENHANCED 911 SERVICE. An emergency telephone system that provides the location of all 911 calls by longitude and latitude in conformance with accuracy requirements established by the Federal Communications Commission.

(17) PLACE OF PRIMARY USE. The street address representative of where the customer's use of the mobile telecommunications service primarily occur, which must be: a. The residental street address or the primary business street address of the customer; and b. within the licensed service area of the CMRS provider.

(18) PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY. A public safety agency as defined by Section 11-98-1(6).

(19) SERVICE SUPPLIER. A service supplier as defined by Section 11-98-1(7).

(20) TECHNICAL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Technology descriptions, technical information, or trade secrets, including the term trade secrets as defined by the Alabama Trade Secrets Act of 1987, Section 8-27-1 et seq., and the actual or developmental costs thereof which are developed, produced, or received internally by a CMRS provider or by a CMRS provider's employees, directors, officers, or agents.

(Acts 1984, No. 84-369, p. 854, §5; Acts 1992, No. 92-562, p. 1165, §1; Act 98-338, p. 584, §1; Act 2007-459, p. 950, §1.)

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Statutes > Alabama > Title11 > Title3 > 11-98-6

Section 11-98-6

Definitions.

As used in this section and Sections 11-98-7, 11-98-8, and 11-98-9, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION or ANI. An enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the 10-digit wireless telephone number used to place a 911 call and includes pseudo-automatic number identification or pseudo-ANI, which means an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the number of the cell site and an identification of the CMRS provider.

(2) BOARD or CMRS BOARD. The Commercial Mobile Radio Service Emergency Telephone Services Board.

(3) COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE or CMRS. Commercial mobile radio service under Sections 3(27) and 332(d) of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub. L. 103-66, Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 312. The term includes the term wireless and service provided by any wireless real time two-way voice communication device, including radio-telephone communications used in cellular telephone service, personal communication service, or the functional or competitive equivalent of a radio-telephone communications line used in cellular telephone service, a personal communication service, or a network radio access line. The term does not include service whose customers do not have access to 911 or to an enhanced 911-like service, to a communications channel suitable only for data transmission, to a wireless roaming service or other non-local radio access line service, or to a private telecommunications system.

(4) COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE PROVIDER or CMRS PROVIDER. A person or entity who provides commercial mobile radio service or CMRS service.

(5) CMRS CONNECTION. A mobile telephone number assigned to a CMRS customer.

(6) CMRS CUSTOMER. A person, business, corporation, or other entity that purchases, utilizes, or otherwise obtains wireless CMRS service, other than CMRS service sold to an entity for the purpose of resale.

(7) CMRS FUND. The Commercial Mobile Radio Service Fund required to be established and maintained pursuant to Section 11-98-7(b)(2).

(8) CMRS SERVICE CHARGE. The CMRS emergency telephone service charge levied and maintained pursuant to Section 11-98-7(b)(1) and (b)(2) and collected pursuant to Section 11-98-8.

(9) DISTRIBUTION FORMULA. The percentage of the total state population residing in an ECD, compared to the total state population residing in all ECDs statewide, based upon the latest census data or estimates compiled by or for the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.

(10) ECD. An emergency communications district created pursuant to this chapter.

(11) ENHANCED 911, E-911, ENHANCED E-911 SYSTEM, or E-911 SYSTEM. An emergency telephone system that provides the caller with emergency 911 system service, that directs enhanced 911 calls to appropriate public safety answering points by selective routing based on the geographical location from which the call originated, and that provides the capability for automatic number identification and the features that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may require in the future.

(12) EXCHANGE ACCESS FACILITY. An exchange access facility as defined by Section 11-98-1(4).

(13) FCC ORDER. The order of the Federal Communications Commission, FCC Docket No. 94-102, adopted on June 12, 1996, and released on July 26, 1996.

(14) LICENSED SERVICE AREA. The geographic area in which the CMRS provider is authorized by law or contract to provide CMRS service.

(15) MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER. The telephone number assigned to a wireless telephone.

(16) PHASE II ENHANCED 911 SERVICE. An emergency telephone system that provides the location of all 911 calls by longitude and latitude in conformance with accuracy requirements established by the Federal Communications Commission.

(17) PLACE OF PRIMARY USE. The street address representative of where the customer's use of the mobile telecommunications service primarily occur, which must be: a. The residental street address or the primary business street address of the customer; and b. within the licensed service area of the CMRS provider.

(18) PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY. A public safety agency as defined by Section 11-98-1(6).

(19) SERVICE SUPPLIER. A service supplier as defined by Section 11-98-1(7).

(20) TECHNICAL PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Technology descriptions, technical information, or trade secrets, including the term trade secrets as defined by the Alabama Trade Secrets Act of 1987, Section 8-27-1 et seq., and the actual or developmental costs thereof which are developed, produced, or received internally by a CMRS provider or by a CMRS provider's employees, directors, officers, or agents.

(Acts 1984, No. 84-369, p. 854, §5; Acts 1992, No. 92-562, p. 1165, §1; Act 98-338, p. 584, §1; Act 2007-459, p. 950, §1.)