long-distance carrier
1Long distance — in telecommunications, refers to telephone calls made outside a certain area, usually characterized by an area code outside of a local call area (known in the United States as a local access and transport area or LATA). Long distance calls… …
2long-distance — UK US /ˌlɒŋˈdɪstəns/ adjective [before noun] COMMUNICATIONS ► relating to services, especially telecommunications, that connect places that are long way from each other: long distance carrier/company/provider »Some long distance carriers are… …
3SBC Long Distance — Infobox Company company name = SBC Long Distance, LLC company company type = Holding of AT T foundation = 1996 location = San Antonio, Texas, USA industry = Telecommunications dba = AT T Long Distance homepage =… …
4carrier — car‧ri‧er [ˈkæriə ǁ ər] noun [countable] TRANSPORT ORGANIZATIONS a person or company whose job is to transport goods from one place to another: • national carriers like Pickfords, with their own warehouses and regular clientele • the American… …
5Carrier — has various meanings:In Science (physics, electronics, biology, mathematics, chemistry and other sciences): * Carrier wave, a waveform suitable for modulation by an information bearing signal * Charge carrier, an unbound particle carrying an… …
6long-haul — ˈlong haul adjective [only before a noun] long haul flights, transport etc travel over long distances: • long haul flights from Malaysia to Europe compare short haul * * * long haul UK US /ˈlɒŋˌhɔːl/ adjective [before noun] TRANSPORT ► travelling …
7Carrier system — In telecommunication, a carrier system (loosely, a synonym with carrier) is a multichannel telecommunications system in which a number of individual channels (e.g. data, audio, video or combination thereof) are multiplexed for transmission. The… …
8Long line (telecommunications) — See also long line (topology) and long line fishing. In telephone systems nomenclature a long line is a transmission line in a long distance communications network such as carrier systems, microwave radio relay links, geosynchronous satellite… …
9carrier signal — A signal of chosen frequency generated to carry data; often used for long distance transmissions. A carrier signal does not convey any information until the data is added to the signal by modulation and then decoded on the receiving end by… …
10Interexchange carrier — IXC redirects here. For the IATA airport codes, see Chandigarh Airport. For Interexchange Point or IXP, see Internet Exchange Point. An Interexchange Carrier (IXC) is a U.S. legal and regulatory term for a telecommunications company, commonly… …
