intermediate provider
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
47 U.S.C. § 262 — in this section
The term "intermediate provider" means any entity that—
(A) enters into a business arrangement with a covered provider or other intermediate provider for the specific purpose of carrying, routing, or transmitting voice traffic that is generated from the placement of a call placed—
(i) from an end user connection using a North American Numbering Plan resource; or
(ii) to an end user connection using such a numbering resource; and
(B) does not itself, either directly or in conjunction with an affiliate, serve as a covered provider in the context of originating or terminating a given call.