Telecom Glossary C2

Calling Card

A telecommunication credit card with an AuthCode for using a long distance carrier when the customer is away from their home or office (ANI).

Calling Party Pays

A billing method in which a wireless phone caller pays only for making calls and not for receiving them. The standard American billing system requires wireless phone customers to pay for all calls made and received on a wireless phone.

Carrier

A telecommunications provider which owns switch equipment.

Carrier Identification Code - CIC

A three digit number used with Feature Groups B and D to access a particular IEC's switched services from a local exchange line. One or more CIC codes are assigned to each carrier. (i.e. there may be multiple CICs per ACNA). See Bypass

Long Distance Glossary (A-1) (A-2) (A-3) (B-1) (B-2) (B-3) (B-C) (C-1) (C-2) (C-3) (C-4) (C-5) (C-6) (C-7) (C-8) (D-1) (D-2) (D-3) (D-E) (E-F) (F-1) (G-1) (H-I) (I-1) (I-2) (I-3) (I-4) (J-L) (L-1) (L-2) (L-3) (L-M) (M-N) (N-1) (N-O) (O-1) (O-P) (P-1) (P-2) (P-3) (P-4) (P-5) (P-R) (R-1) (R-2) (R-3) (S-1) (S-2) (S-3) (S-4) (S-T) (T-1) (T-2) (T-3) (T-4) (T-5) (T-6) (T-U) (V-1) (V-2) (V-Z)