telecommunications service

"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. "Telecommunications service" does not include:

(a) Services provided by radio common carrier.

(b) One-way transmission of television signals.

(c) Private telecommunications networks.

(d) Communications of the customer that take place on the customer side of on-premises equipment.

(9)(a) "Telecommunications utility" means:

(A) Any corporation, company, individual or association of individuals, or its lessees, trustees or receivers, that owns, operates, manages or controls all or a part of any plant or equipment in this state for the provision of telecommunications service, directly or indirectly to or for the public, whether or not the plant or equipment, or any portion of the plant or equipment, is wholly within any town or city.

(B) Any corporation, company, individual or association of individuals that is party to an oral or written agreement for the payment by a telecommunications utility, for service, managerial construction, engineering or financing fees, and has an affiliated interest with the telecommunications utility.