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07/28/2003 (o) "State" means the State of California. (p) "Tax Administrator" means the Director of Finance of the City of ~-- Redwood City, or his or her designee. (q) "Telephone Communication Services" shall include"communications services" as defined in Sections 4251 and 4252 of the Internal Revenue Code, and the regulations thereunder, and shall include any service that is capable of transmitting telephonic quality communications [including the use of Internet Protocol (IP) or other similar means for digitization and/or packetization of telephonic quality communications for transmission over digital networks] by analog, digital, electronic, radio or similar means through "interconnected service" with the "public switched network" [as these terms are commonly used in the Federal Communications Act and the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission - see 47 U.S.C.A. Section 332(d)], whether such transmission occurs by wire, cable, cable modem or digital subscriber line (DSL), internet, fiber-optic, light wave, laser, microwave, switching facilities, satellite, radio wave [including, but not limited to, mobile telecommunications service, cellular service, commercial mobile service and commercial mobile radio service (see 47 U.S.C. Section 332(d)(1) and Parr 20.3 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations), personal communications service (PCS), specialized mobile radio (SMR), and other similar services '-~ regardless of radio spectrum used], or any other similar facilities. (r) "Telephone corporation, gas corporation, and electrical corporation" shall have the same meanings as defined in Sections 234,222 and 218 respectively, of the Public Utilities Code of the State of California, as said Sections existed on January 1, 1970. "Electrical corporation" shall be construed to include any municipality or franchised agency engaged in the selling or supplying of electrical power to a service user. (s) "Video Service Supplier" means any person, company, or service which provides one or more channels of video programming, including any communications that are ancillary, necessary or common to the use and enjoyment of the video programming, to or from an address in the City, including to or from a business, home, condominium, or apartment, where some fee is paid, whether directly or included in dues or rental charges for that service, whether or not public rights-of-way are utilized in the delivery of the video programming or communications. A "video service supplier" includes, but is not limited to, multichannel video programming distributors [as defined in 47 U.S.C.A. Section 522(13)]; open video F:Atty/Ord/Ord. 186 2250 0604O3 4