In
telecommunication, the term communications center has the following meanings:
# An agency charged with the responsibility for handling and controlling
communications traffic. The center normally includes a
message center, and transmitting and receiving facilities.
# A
facility
Facility may refer to:
* A place for doing something, or a place that facilitates an activity:
** A commercial or institutional building, such as a hotel, resort, school, office complex, sports arena, or convention center
** Medical facili ...
that (a) serves as a
node for a
communications network, (b) is equipped for technical control and
maintenance of the circuits originating, transiting, or terminating at the
node, (c) may contain message-center facilities, and (d) may serve as a
gateway. ''Synonym'' comm center.
See also
*
Network operations center
References
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Telecommunications buildings