UNE-P (Unbundled Network Elements-Platform)

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 specified

three ways that competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) in the United States can provide competing local telephone service: build and interconnect, bundled wholesale purchase, and unbundled service. Securing unbundled service from the incumbent LECs (ILECs) essentially was a matter of selecting from a menu of network elements, including local loops, local exchange and tandem switches (including software features), interoffice transmission facilities, signaling and call-related database facilities, operations support systems (OSSs) and information, and operator and directory assistance facilities.When all elements from the menu are chosen, this approach is known as Unbundled Network Elements-Platform (UNE-P) and the effect is the same as the bundled service, but the total price typically is at a discount of 40–60 percent from retail prices. See also CLEC, CO, database, ILEC, local loop, OSS, signaling and control, tandem switch, and Telecommunications Act of 1996.

• continuously variable slope delta modulation (CVSDM)
• continuous redial
• continuous redial
• contraction
• Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM Act)
• control plane
• control unit
• conventional band (C-Band)
• convergence
• Convergence Sublayer (CS)
• converter box
• .coop (cooperative)
• coordinated dialing plan
• copper (Cu)
• Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI)
• copyright (©)
• cordboard
• cordless telephone
• Cordless Telephony generation 0 (CT0)
• Cordless Telephony generation 1 (CT1)
• Cordless Telephony generation 1 plus (CT1+)
• Cordless Telephony generation 2 (CT2)
• Cordless Telephony generation 2 plus (CT2+)
• Cordless Telephony generation 3 (CT3)
• core