Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 759 > General Provisions

• City: includes any incorporated village or town. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Competitive telecommunications provider: means a telecommunications services provider that has been classified as a competitive telecommunications provider by the Public Utility Commission pursuant to ORS § 759. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Intrastate telecommunications service: means any telecommunications service in which the information transmitted originates and terminates within the boundaries of the State of Oregon. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
• Local exchange telecommunications service: means telecommunications service provided within the boundaries of exchange maps filed with and approved by the commission. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Radio common carrier: means any corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership and person, their lessees, trustees or receivers and any town making available facilities to provide radio communications service, radio paging or cellular communications service for hire. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
• Shared telecommunications service: means the provision of telecommunications and information management services and equipment to a user group located in discrete premises in building complexes, campuses or high-rise buildings, by a commercial shared services provider or by a users' association, through privately owned customer premises equipment and associated data processing and information management services and includes the provision of connections to local exchange telecommunications service. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
• Telecommunications: means the transmission of information chosen by a person, between or among points specified by the person, without change in the form or content of the information sent or received. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
• Telecommunications service: means telecommunications that are offered for a fee to the public, or to such class of users as to be effectively available to the public, without regard to the facilities used to provide the telecommunications. See Oregon Statutes 759.005