Telecommunications facility

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In telecommunications, a facility is defined by Federal Standard 1037C as:

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  1. A fixed, mobile, or transportable structure, including (a) all installed electrical and electronic wiring, cabling, and equipment and (b) all supporting structures, such as utility, ground network, and electrical supporting structures.
  2. A network-provided service to users or the network operating administration.
  3. A transmission pathway and associated equipment.
  4. In a protocol applicable to a data unit, such as a block or frame, an additional item of information or a constraint encoded within the protocol to provide the required control.
  5. A real property entity consisting of one or more of the following: a building, a structure, a utility system, pavement, and underlying land. [1] [2]

Global Telecom Facility

Telecommunications facility, is where a service can be offered. A location where a Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) have their Hardware to process Telecom services. A phone call made to Jamaica can not be processed by a Telecom Facility in Canada or USA. If a phone number series belongs to say operator or carriers in Jamaica then only that operator knows if that phone number is valid and further if that phone number is on net to place a valid phone call. So all carriers in the world get the signal from the Telecom Facilities of the Digicel in Jamaica. "Digicel". "International call".

In Canada

Telecommunications facility, is same as Airport Facility. A location where a Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) have their Hardware to process Telecom services. Under Canadian federal and Québécois provincial law, a telecommunications facility, for the purposes of determining whether GST applies, is defined by §123(1) of the GST Act to be "any facility, apparatus, or other thing (including any wire, cable, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic system, or any similar technical system or any part thereof) that is used or is capable of being used for telecommunications". This is a very broad definition that includes a wide range of things from satellites and earth stations, to telephones and fax machines. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ PD-icon.svg This article incorporates  public domain material from the General Services Administration document: "Federal Standard 1037C".(in support of MIL-STD-188)
  2. ↑ PD-icon.svg This article incorporates  public domain material from the United States Department of Defense document: " Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms ".
  3. ↑ Steven K. D'Arcy (2005). "Determining Taxation in Canada: The Place of Supply Rules". Non-residents, Cross-border Transactions, and the GST. CCH Canadian Ltd. p. 35. ISBN   1-55367-517-7.
  4. ↑ Rod Butcher, Robert Brakel, & Associates (2003). Value-added Taxation in Canada. CCH Canadian Limited. pp. 100–101. ISBN   978-1-55367-214-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Brent Jay (2006). "Place of Supply". GST and E-commerce. CCH Canadian Ltd. p. 77. ISBN   978-1-55367-675-1.


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