Tennessee § 47-18-2301 - Part definitions.

§ 47-18-2301. Part definitions.

As used in this part: “Automatic number identification”: Means a system that identifies the billing account for a call; and Includes an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the ten-digit number used to place a 911 call from a wire line, wireless, interconnected VoIP, or nontraditional telephone service; “Caller identification information” means information provided by a caller identification service regarding the telephone number, or other origination information, of a call or facsimile transmission made using a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service, or of a text message sent using a text messaging service; “Caller identification service”: Means any service or device designed to provide the user of the service or device with the telephone number, or other origination information, of a call or facsimile transmission made using a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service, or of a text message sent using a text messaging service; and Includes automatic number identification services; “Interconnected VoIP service” means an interconnected voice over internet protocol service that: Enables real-time, two-way voice communications; Requires a broadband internet connection from the user's location; Requires Internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment; and Permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network; “Place of primary use” means the street address where a subscriber's use of a telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service primarily occurs, which shall be: The residential street address or the primary business street address of the subscriber or, in the case of a subscriber of interconnected VoIP service, the subscriber's registered location; and Within the licensed service area of the provider; “Provider” means a person or entity that offers telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service; “Registered location” means the most recent information obtained by an interconnected VoIP service provider that identifies the physical location of an end user; “Subscriber” means a person: Who subscribes to a caller identification service in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service; and Whose place of primary use for the service described in subdivision (8)(A) is located in this state; “Telecommunications service” means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to classes of users so as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used; “Text message”: Means a real-time or near real-time message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted from or received by a device that is identified as the transmitting or receiving device by means of a telephone number; Includes a short message service (SMS) message, an enhanced message service (EMS) message, and a multimedia message service (MMS) message; and Does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication; and “Text messaging service” means a service that permits the transmission or receipt of a text message, including a service provided as part of or in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service. Acts 2017, ch. 257, § 1. Compiler's Notes. For Preamble to the act relative to inaccurate identification information of telephonic and electronic communications and the need to establish safeguards against this practice, see Acts 2017, ch. 257. Acts 2017, ch. 257, § 4 provided that the act, which enacted this part, shall apply to prohibited conduct occurring on or after July 1, 2017. Effective Dates. Acts 2017, ch. 257, § 4. July 1, 2017.