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CLEC

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-001153

Competitive Local Exchange Carrier: A telecommunications company that competes with the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) to provide local telephone services. CLECs typically lease unbundled network elements from ILECs or build their own infrastructure to offer services to customers. These companies emerged after deregulation to foster competition in the local loop market.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-001153
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectElectrical engineering
TranslationsGerman: CLEC; Spanish: CLEC; French: CLEC
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001153",
  "term": "CLEC",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Competitive Local Exchange Carrier: A telecommunications company that competes with the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) to provide local telephone services. CLECs typically lease unbundled network elements from ILECs or build their own infrastructure to offer services to customers. These companies emerged after deregulation to foster competition in the local loop market.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "CLEC",
    "es": "CLEC",
    "fr": "CLEC"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/clec/"
}

Record 1,273 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.