2019 Tennessee Code
Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions
Chapter 18 - Consumer Protection
Part 23 - Caller Identification Spoofing
§ 47-18-2301. Part definitions.

(1) “Automatic number identification”:

• (A) Means a system that identifies the billing account for a call; and

• (B) Includes an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the ten-digit number used to place a 911 call from a wire line, wireless, interconnected VoIP, or nontraditional telephone service;

(2) “Caller identification information” means information provided by a caller identification service regarding the telephone number, or other origination information, of a call or facsimile transmission made using a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service, or of a text message sent using a text messaging service;

(3) “Caller identification service”:

• (A) Means any service or device designed to provide the user of the service or device with the telephone number, or other origination information, of a call or facsimile transmission made using a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service, or of a text message sent using a text messaging service; and

• (B) Includes automatic number identification services;

(4) “Interconnected VoIP service” means an interconnected voice over internet protocol service that:

• (A) Enables real-time, two-way voice communications;

• (B) Requires a broadband internet connection from the user's location;

• (C) Requires Internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment; and

• (D) Permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network;

(5) “Place of primary use” means the street address where a subscriber's use of a telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service primarily occurs, which shall be:

• (A) The residential street address or the primary business street address of the subscriber or, in the case of a subscriber of interconnected VoIP service, the subscriber's registered location; and

• (B) Within the licensed service area of the provider;

(6) “Provider” means a person or entity that offers telecommunications service or interconnected VoIP service;

(7) “Registered location” means the most recent information obtained by an interconnected VoIP service provider that identifies the physical location of an end user;

(8) “Subscriber” means a person:

• (A) Who subscribes to a caller identification service in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service; and

• (B) Whose place of primary use for the service described in subdivision (8)(A) is located in this state;

(9) “Telecommunications service” means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public, or to classes of users so as to be effectively available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used;

(10) “Text message”:

• (A) Means a real-time or near real-time message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted from or received by a device that is identified as the transmitting or receiving device by means of a telephone number;

• (B) Includes a short message service (SMS) message, an enhanced message service (EMS) message, and a multimedia message service (MMS) message; and

• (C) Does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication; and

(11) “Text messaging service” means a service that permits the transmission or receipt of a text message, including a service provided as part of or in connection with a telecommunications service or an interconnected VoIP service.