The Telecommunications Act of 1996 mandated that the existing local telephone companies,now called ____,must give CLECs access to their telephone lines.
A) private Branch Exchange (PBX)
B) Centrex (central office exchange service)
C) incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs)
D) interexchange carriers (IECs)

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The Telecommunications Act of 1996 required incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) to give competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) access to their telephone lines in order to promote competition in the telecommunications industry. Private Branch Exchange (PBX) and Centrex are telephone systems used by businesses, not local exchange carriers, while interexchange carriers (IECs) provide long-distance services between different geographic regions.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Mandated That the Existing Local