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Telecommunications Resources
ATIC ATD Telecom Services Definitions & Resources
Voice Telephony Services
Miscellaneous Data Transport Services
Wireline Data
Mobile Wireless Data
Fixed Wireless Data
Satellite Data
Video Services
Other Facilities or Services
State of Arizona ATS Carrier Services (CS)
Telecom Resource Sites
Internet Related Resources
ATIC ATD Telecom Services Definitions & Resources:
Voice Telephony Services:
Voice Telephony - Wireline Business (individual circuits) is the traditional analog service to individual businesses using telephone company unshielded twisted pair copper-based or cable operator Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) facilities. Sometimes simply referred to as dialtone.
Voice Telephony - Wireline Business (multi-line circuits) are digital services, such as a T1, that provide multiple trunks over telephone company unshielded twisted pair copper-based or cable operator Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) facilities or alternatively direct fiber optic connections. An on-site Private Branch Exchange (PBX) may be used to route calls and implement messaging and advanced features.
Voice Telephony - Wireline Business (Centrex services) offers the business customer non-equipment-based Private Branch Exchange (PBX)-class services along with basic services relying on the telecom provider's facilities for switching and other functions.
Voice Telephony - Fixed Wireless (Wireless Local Loop) uses stationary facilities and fixed antennas to provide basic voice services over radio frequency-based transmissions. Thus dial tone and voice telephone services are delivered to businesses or residences without any direct wire connection.
Locate mobile wireless voice providers by geography:
Voice Telephony - Long Distance Services connects voice telephony users to other locations outside their local calling region at additional charges, usually on a per minute basis.
Miscellaneous Data Transport Services:
Frame Relay is a telecom interface specification for the delivery of low to medium speed data services over wide area networks utilizing packet switching with data organized into frames.
ISDN stands for Integrated Services Digital Network and can provide either Basic Rate Interface (BRI at 144 Kbps) which can be used for basic data connectivity or Primary Rate Interface (PRI at 1.544 Mbps) capable of carrying higher speed data and/or supporting up to 24 phone circuits.
xDSL indicates any of the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) family of services provisioned over unshielded twisted pair copper from telephone company Central Offices (COs) or remote Digital Subscriber Line Multiplexers (DSLAMs) by the ILEC or various CLECs.
Cable Modem uses the cable television Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) infrastructure to deliver data services to residential and business users.
OC-x (provisioned fiber) is a provisioned Optical Carrier (OC) fiber optic network connection, usually delivered over SONET (synchronous optical network) rings. Common OC rates are OC-3 (155 Mbps), OC-12 (622 Mbps), OC-48 (2.488 Gbps), OC-192 (9.953 Gbps) and OC-768 (39.812 Gbps).
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is a dedicated connection switching technology with typical signaling rates of 155 or 622 Mbps.
Fiber Capacity (leased lambda or dark fiber) Leased lambda services allow a specific wavelength to be assigned to a customer when using DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) technology. Vendors providing dark fiber services lease non-provisioned fiber optic cables.
Fiber to the Home (FTTH - future availability) is an alternative to copper UTP-based wireline services where a fiber optic cable is delivered directly to the subscriber's residence or business.
Wireline Data:
Wireline Data (<= 3Mbps, includes T-1/DS-1) Commonly unshielded twisted pair copper-based, digital data services up to 3 Mbps signaling rate.
Wireline Data (<= 3Mbps, includes T-1/DS-1) Commonly unshielded twisted pair copper-based, digital data services up to 3 Mbps signaling rate.
Wireline Data (>3Mbps, <= 50Mbps, includes T-3/DS-3) Commonly unshielded twisted pair copper or fiber-based, digital data services from 3-50 Mbps signaling rate.
Wireline Data (> 50Mbps, <1Gbps, includes OC-x/100BaseEthernet) Commonly fiber-based, digital data services from 50-1000Mbps.
Wireline Data (>=1Gbps, includes OC-x/GigEthernet) Commonly fiber-based, digital data services over 1000 Mbps (1 Gbps).
Mobile Wireless Data:
Mobile Wireless Paging & Short Messaging (terrestrial or satellite) includes traditional numeric or textual paging services.
Mobile Wireless Data (<= 100 Kbps, terrestrial) provides low-speed data services for mobile subscribers using ground-based RF transmission. Commonly unshielded twisted pair copper-based, digital data services up to 3 Mbps signaling rate.
Mobile Wireless Data (> 100 Kbps, <= 1Mbps, terrestrial) provides medium to high-speed data services for mobile subscribers using ground-based RF transmission. Limited current availability of infrastructure and services.
Mobile Wireless Data (> 1Mbps, terrestrial) high-speed data services for mobile subscribers using ground-based RF transmission. Limited current availability of infrastructure and services.
Fixed Wireless Data:
Fixed Wireless Data (<= 3Mbps) Fixed subscriber digitial wireless data services with signaling rates less than 3Mbps.
Fixed Wireless Data (>3Mbps, <= 50Mbps) Fixed subscriber digitial wireless data services with signaling rates higher than 3Mbps, but less then 50 Mbps.
Fixed Wireless Data (> 50Mbps, <1Gbps) Fixed subscriber digitial wireless data services with signaling rates higher than than 50Mbps, but less than 1 Gbps.
Fixed Wireless Data (>=1Gbps) Fixed subscriber digitial wireless data services with signaling rates over than 1Gbps.
Satellite Data:
Mobile Satellite Data provides digital wireless data services for mobile subscribers from geo-stationary or other orbital satellite facilities.
Fixed Satellite Data (<= 50Mbps) provides satellite-based digital wireless data services for fixed subscribers (stationary antenna) with signaling rates less than 50Mbps.
Fixed Satellite Data (>50Mbps) provides satellite -based digital wireless data services for fixed subscribers (stationary antenna) with signaling rates greater than 50Mbps.
Video Services:
Wireline Video Providers (Cable HFC & VDSL) deliver video services primarily to residential consumers using the cable operators' Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) network or from telephone companies via Video Digital Subscribe Line (VDSL) or similar technology.
Fixed Wireless Broadband Video (LMDS/MMDS) services broadcast multi-channel video using fixed broadband terrestrial wireless technology, such as Local Multi-point Distribution System (LMDS) or Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS), transmitting to a small fixed external dish antenna connected to downlink and receiver equipment inside the premises.
Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) services broadcast multi-channel video directly to the subscriber from one or more geo-stationary satellites to a small to medium size outside dish antenna connected to downlink and receiver equipment inside the premises.
Other Facilities or Services:
Internet Service Provider (ISP) provides dial-in or dedicated access Internet connectivity to residential and business users./p>
Public Teleconference Facilities provide publicly accessible commercial teleconferencing services linking meeting rooms via audio, video and data conferencing over broadband telecom connections.
Data Centers (collocation facilities) provide on-site hosting of userıs computing equipment at a data or telecommunications facility usually for web hosting applications.
Telecom Contractors - Facilities design and integrate telecommunications networks inside enterprises deploying wiring and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) for telephone capabilities and Local Area Networks (LANs).
Telecom Contractors - Outside Plant design and build telecommunications networks in the ground often connecting facilities with Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs),
State of Arizona ATS Carrier Services (CS):
Internet Service Provider (ISP) provides dial-in or dedicated access Internet connectivity to residential and business users.
CS Category 1 - Dedicated Voice & Data Circuitsincludes trunk lines (analog, DS0, 1, 3), tie lines (analog, DS0, 1, 3), dedicated (channelized/clear channel) circuits (analog, DS0, 1, 3), and SONET transport (DS3. OC3-48).
CS Category 2 - Packet-Based & Cell-Based Services includes frame relay and other packet-based circuit services, cell relay (ATM), and cell-based virtual circuit services (DS1-3. OC3-48).
CS Category 3 - Broadband Last-Mile Services includes ISDN BRI and PRI circuits as well as cable-based, wireless-based, and xDSL circuits.
CS Category 4 - Voice Value-Added Services includes dial tone services over multi-service links, long distance voice services including toll-free, messaging services, operator-based services, audio conferencing bridging, and other services.
CS Category 5 - Video Value-Added Services includes IP multicast services, MPEG store and forward services, and video conferencing services.
CS Category 6 - Internet Service Provider Services includes local and Tier 1 Internet access, modem pool access services, electronic mail gateway services, virtual private networks (VPNs), virtual private circuits (VPCs), firewall network access management services, and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
CS Category 7 - Technology Management Services includes certificate authentication, online carrier services monitoring and management, help desk, and secured access to data warehouse systems.
CS Category 8 - Administrative Management Services includes carrier services ordering, trouble ticket, account, and status tracking and reporting for all buyers.
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