220 ILCS 5/13-202.5: Incumbent local exchange carrier.

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)

"Incumbent local exchange carrier" means, with respect to an area, the telecommunications carrier that provided noncompetitive local exchange telecommunications service in that area on February 8, 1996, and on that date was deemed a member of the exchange carrier association pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 69.601(b), and includes its successors, assigns, and affiliates.