110 STAT. 92 PUBLIC LAW 104-104—FEB. 8, 1996 "(i) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS. —As used in this section— "(1) IN-REGION STATE.— The term 'in-region State' means a State in which a Bell operating company or any of its affiliates was authorized to provide wireline telephone exchange service pursuant to the reorganization plan approved under the AT&T Consent Decree, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. "(2) AUDIO PROGRAMMING SERVICES. —The term 'audio programming services' means programming provided by, or generally considered to be comparable to programming provided by, a radio broadcast station. " (3) VIDEO PROGRAMMING SERVICES; OTHER PROGRAMMING SERVICES.—The terms 'video programming service' and 'other programming services' have the same meanings as such terms have under section 602 of this Act. "( j) CERTAIN SERVICE APPLICATIONS TREATED AS IN-REGION SERVICE APPLICATIONS.—For purposes of this section, a Bell operating company application to provide 800 service, private line service, or their equivalents that— "(1) terminate in an in-region State of that Bell operating company, and "(2) allow the called party to determine the interLATA carrier, shall be considered an in-region service subject to the requirements of subsection (b)(1). 47 USC 272. " SEC. 272. SEPARATE AFFILIATE; SAFEGUARDS. " (a) SEPARATE AFFILIATE REQUIRED FOR COMPETITIVE ACTIVI- TIES.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — A Bell operating company (including any affiliate) which is a local exchange carrier that is subject to the requirements of section 251(c) may not provide any service described in paragraph (2) unless it provides that service through one or more affiliates that— "(A) are separate from any operating company entity that is subject to the requirements of section 251(c); and "(B) meet the requirements of subsection (b). "(2) SERVICES FOR WHICH A SEPARATE AFFILIATE IS REQUIRED.— The services for which a separate affiliate is required by paragraph (1) are: "(A) Manufacturing activities (as defined in section 273(h)). "(B) Origination of interLATA telecommunications services, other than— "(i) incidental interLATA services described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), and (6) of section 271(g); "(ii) out-of-region services described in section 271(b)(2); or "(iii) previously authorized activities described in section 271(f). "(C) InterLATA information services, other than electronic publishing (as defined in section 274(h)) and alarm monitoring services (as defined in section 275(e)). " (b) STRUCTURAL AND TRANSACTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— The separate affiliate required by this section— "(1) shall operate independently from the Bell operating company;
�
