CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier)

A phone company that buys facilites and services from ILECs and resells service to its customers. The ILECs are required by law to sell serivce and access to their customers to the CLECs.

Well known CLECs in the USA

• ZTel
• PacWest Telecom
• US LEC
• Icon Telecom(facility based OK,TX) & VOIP
• etc.

How to start a Clec

See also

• CLEC Coverage Areas