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<p>An <b>interexchange carrier</b> (<b>IXC</b>), in U.S. legal and regulatory terminology, is a type of <a href="page.php?w=telecommunications_company">telecommunications company</a>, commonly called a <b>long-distance telephone company</b>. It is defined as any carrier that provides services across multiple <a href="page.php?w=local_access_and_transport_area">local access and transport area</a>s (interLATA). Calls made on telephone circuits within the local geographic area covered by one local network are handled only by that <a href="page.php?w=intraLATA">intraLATA</a></p><p>
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