Montana Code 69-3-1102. Definitions
69-3-1102. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
Terms Used In Montana Code 69-3-1102
- Aggregator surcharge: means a charge to a customer by an entity that, in the ordinary course of its operations, makes telephones available to the public or to transient users of its premises for intrastate telephone calls using an operator service provider. See Montana Code 69-3-1102
- commission: means the public service commission provided for in 2-15-2602. See Montana Code 69-1-101
- Customer: means a person who makes an intrastate telephone call through an operator service provider or the person accepting a collect telephone call made through an operator service provider. See Montana Code 69-3-1102
- Operator service provider: means any person, company, or entity that provides automated or live assistance to a customer to arrange for billing or completion, or both, of an intrastate telephone call through a method other than:
(a)automatic completion, with billing to the telephone from which the call originated; or
(b)completion through an access code used by the customer, with billing to an account previously established with a telecommunications carrier by the customer. See Montana Code 69-3-1102
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Telecommunications carrier: means the same as provided in 69-3-1302. See Montana Code 69-3-1102
(1)”Aggregator surcharge” means a charge to a customer by an entity that, in the ordinary course of its operations, makes telephones available to the public or to transient users of its premises for intrastate telephone calls using an operator service provider.
(2)”Customer” means a person who makes an intrastate telephone call through an operator service provider or the person accepting a collect telephone call made through an operator service provider.
(3)”Exorbitant rate” means a rate for an intrastate telephone call completed by an operator service provider that is greater than the allowable rate established by the commission. The allowable rate is inclusive of the call rate and any aggregator surcharge or other calling fee collected from a customer by the operator service provider.
(4)”Operator service provider” means any person, company, or entity that provides automated or live assistance to a customer to arrange for billing or completion, or both, of an intrastate telephone call through a method other than:
(a)automatic completion, with billing to the telephone from which the call originated; or
(b)completion through an access code used by the customer, with billing to an account previously established with a telecommunications carrier by the customer.
(5)”Telecommunications carrier” means the same as provided in 69-3-1302.