CO HB1330

Repeals the definition of "Access" (special access and switched access) and replaces outdated telecommunications terminology with updated terms including "Competitive Local Exchange Carrier" (CLEC) and "Federal Communications Commission" (FCC)

Updates terminology for interexchange providers and services, replacing language referring to "services between exchange areas" with "interexchange service" and simplifying related definitions

Changes "local exchange company" to "telecommunications provider" in definitions of switched access and clarifies that local exchange providers must hold certificates of public convenience and necessity

Replaces "toll reseller" terminology with "interexchange provider" throughout the statute in sections governing registration, regulation, and enforcement

Removes obsolete provisions from the competitive local exchange market opening process that referenced specific dates (1995-1996) and rule-making procedures no longer applicable