CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 59.1-429)

As used in this chapter:”Division” means the Division of Consumer
Counsel in the Department of Law.”Information provider” means any
person providing pay-per-call services.”Long distance carrier” means
any interexchange telephone company providing services within the
Commonwealth.”Pay-per-call service” means any passive, interactive,
polling, conference, or other similar audiotext service that is accessed by
telephone, through a 900 number exchange or otherwise, and generates a
service-related fee billed to a telephone customer.”Telephone
company” means a certificated local exchange telephone company which owns,
manages, or controls any plant or equipment or any part of a plant or equipment
within the Commonwealth for the conveyance of telephone messages, either
directly or indirectly.

HISTORY: 1991, cc. 608, 630; 2012, cc. 803, 835.