The term, telecommunications service, as used in this chapter, means the electronic transmission, conveyance, or routing of voice, data, audio, video, or any other information or signals to a point, or between or among points. The term, telecommunications service, includes such transmission, conveyance, or routing in which computer processing applications are used to act on the form, code, or protocol of the content for purposes of transmission, conveyance, or routing without regard to whether such service is referred to as voice over internet protocol services or is classified by the Federal Communications Commission as enhanced or value added.

The term, telecommunications service, does not include:

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(1) Data processing and information services that allow data to be generated, acquired, stored, processed, or retrieved and delivered by an electronic transmission to a purchaser where such purchaser’s primary purpose for the underlying transaction is the processed data or information;

(2) Installation or maintenance of wiring or equipment on a customer’s premises;

(3) Tangible personal property;

(4) Advertising, including directory advertising;

(5) Billing and collection services provided to third parties;

(6) Internet access service;

(7) Radio and television audio and video programming services, regardless of the medium, including the furnishing of transmission, conveyance and routing of such services by the programming service provider. Radio and television audio and video programming services shall include but not be limited to cable service as defined in 47 USC 522(6), as of June 1, 2007, and audio and video programming services delivered by commercial mobile radio service providers, as defined in 47 C.F.R. § 20.3;

(8) Ancillary services; or

(9) Digital products delivered electronically, including but not limited to software, music, video, reading materials, or ring tones.

The term, telecommunications service, includes the following services:

(1) “800 service,” any telecommunications service that allows a caller to dial a toll-free number without incurring a charge for the call;

(2) “900 service,” an inbound toll telecommunications service purchased by a subscriber that allows the subscriber’s customers to call in to the subscriber’s prerecorded announcement or live service. A 900 service does not include the charge for the collection of services provided by the seller of the telecommunications services to the subscriber or service or product sold by the subscriber to the subscriber’s customer;

(3) “Fixed wireless service,” a telecommunications service that provides radio communication between fixed points;

(4) “Mobile wireless service,” a telecommunications service that is transmitted, conveyed, or routed regardless of the technology used, where either the origination point or termination point, or both, of the transmission, conveyance, or routing are not fixed;

(5) “Paging service,” a telecommunications service that provides transmission of coded radio signals for the purpose of activation specific pages. Such transmissions may include either messages or sounds, or both;

(6) “Prepaid calling service,” the right to access exclusively telecommunications services, which must be paid for in advance and which enables the origination of calls using an access number or authorization code, whether manually or electronically dialed, and that is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount;