NASDAQ, TNDM - Tandem Diabetes Care
We provide tandem interconnection services principally to competitive carriers,
including wireless, wireline, cable and broadband telephony companies.
Competitive carriers use tandem switches to interconnect and exchange traffic
between their networks without the need to establish direct switch-to-switch
connections. Prior to the introduction of our service, the primary method for
competitive carriers to exchange traffic was through the use of the incumbent
local exchange carriers?, or ILECs, tandem switches. Under certain
interpretations of the Telecommunications Act, ILECs are required to provide
tandem switching to competitive carriers. For tandem transit services, ILECs
generally set per minute rates and other charges according to mandated rate
schedules (including varying rates) set by state public utility commissions. Our
solution enables competitive carriers to exchange traffic between their networks
without using an ILEC tandem. ...
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