Abbreviation for traffic encryption key.

Telecommunications Company

In Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) applications, a telecommunications service that uses very short messages with very low data transmission rates between the user and the network.

The Telecom Management and Operations Committee (TMOC) develops operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning standards, and other documentation related to Operations Support System (OSS) and Network Element (NE) functions and interfaces for communications networks - with an emphasis on standards development related to U. S. communication networks in coordination with the development of international standards.

The use of telecommunication for the transmission of signals to initiate, modify or terminate functions of equipment at a distance. [NTIA] [RR]

1. Any transmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems. [NTIA] [RR]
2. Any transmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, or information of any nature by wire, radio, visual, or other electromagnetic systems. [JP 1-02]

An administration, or the part of a combined postal and telecommunication administration, concerned with the provision of telecommunication service. [T1.226-1992]

See network architecture.

The sector that includes the telecommunications service providers, network operators, regulators, manufacturers, subscribers, and users. [After T
1. Rpt30-1994]

See communications center.