{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-18-2301","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-2301","heading":"Part definitions","body":"As used in this part: (1) \"Automatic number identification\": (A) Means a system that identifies the billing account for a call; and (B) 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; (2) \"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; (3) \"Caller identification service\": (A) Means any service or device designed to provide the user of the service or device with 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; and (B) Includes automatic number identification services; (4) \"Interconnected VoIP service\" means an interconnected voice over internet protocol service that: (A) Enables real-time, two-way voice communications; (B) Requires a broadband internet connection from the user's location; (C) Requires Internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment; and (D) Permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network; (5) \"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: (A) 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 (B) Within the licensed service area of the provider; (6) \"Provider\" means a person or entity that offers telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service; (7) \"Registered location\" means the most recent information obtained by an interconnected VoIP service provider that identifies the physical location of an end user; (8) \"Subscriber\" means a person: (A) Who subscribes to a caller identification service in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service; and (B) Whose place of primary use for the service described in subdivision (8)(A) is located in this state; (9) \"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; (10) \"Text message\": (A) Means a real-time or near real-time message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted from or received by a device that is identified as the transmitting or receiving device by means of a telephone number; (B) Includes a short message service (SMS) message, an enhanced message service (EMS) message, and a multimedia message service (MMS) message; and (C) Does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication; and (11) \"Text messaging service\" means a service that permits the transmission or receipt of a text message, including a service provided as part of or in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service. Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 257,s 1, eff. 7/1/2017.\nAs used in this part:\nMS) message; and (C) Does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication; and (11) \"Text messaging service\" means a service that permits the transmission or receipt of a text message, including a service provided as part of or in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service. Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 257,s 1, eff. 7/1/2017.\nAs used in this part:\n(1) \"Automatic number identification\": (A) Means a system that identifies the billing account for a call; and (B) 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;\n(A) Means a system that identifies the billing account for a call; and\n(B) 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;\n(2) \"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;\n(3) \"Caller identification service\": (A) Means any service or device designed to provide the user of the service or device with 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; and (B) Includes automatic number identification services;\n(A) Means any service or device designed to provide the user of the service or device with 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; and\n(B) Includes automatic number identification services;\n(4) \"Interconnected VoIP service\" means an interconnected voice over internet protocol service that: (A) Enables real-time, two-way voice communications; (B) Requires a broadband internet connection from the user's location; (C) Requires Internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment; and (D) Permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network;\n(A) Enables real-time, two-way voice communications;\n(B) Requires a broadband internet connection from the user's location;\n(C) Requires Internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment; and\n(D) Permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network;\n(5) \"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: (A) 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 (B) Within the licensed service area of the provider;\n(A) 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\n(B) Within the licensed service area of the provider;\n(6) \"Provider\" means a person or entity that offers telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service;\n(7) \"Registered location\" means the most recent information obtained by an interconnected VoIP service provider that identifies the physical location of an end user;\nnterconnected VoIP service, the subscriber's registered location; and\n(B) Within the licensed service area of the provider;\n(6) \"Provider\" means a person or entity that offers telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service;\n(7) \"Registered location\" means the most recent information obtained by an interconnected VoIP service provider that identifies the physical location of an end user;\n(8) \"Subscriber\" means a person: (A) Who subscribes to a caller identification service in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service; and (B) Whose place of primary use for the service described in subdivision (8)(A) is located in this state;\n(A) Who subscribes to a caller identification service in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service; and\n(B) Whose place of primary use for the service described in subdivision (8)(A) is located in this state;\n(9) \"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;\n(10) \"Text message\": (A) Means a real-time or near real-time message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted from or received by a device that is identified as the transmitting or receiving device by means of a telephone number; (B) Includes a short message service (SMS) message, an enhanced message service (EMS) message, and a multimedia message service (MMS) message; and (C) Does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication; and\n(A) Means a real-time or near real-time message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted from or received by a device that is identified as the transmitting or receiving device by means of a telephone number;\n(B) Includes a short message service (SMS) message, an enhanced message service (EMS) message, and a multimedia message service (MMS) message; and\n(C) Does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication; and\n(11) \"Text messaging service\" means a service that permits the transmission or receipt of a text message, including a service provided as part of or in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service.","path":["TN Code","Title 47","Chapter 18"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"8d02cb4e7327af578e7a6fc46e067805131a39bcf49d16da85b18fe4b063db25","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-18-2205","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-47-18-2302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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