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capable of exchanging audio, video, data or textual information. | "Telecommunications equipment" does not include computers, except | those components of a computer used primarily and directly as a 2- | way interactive communications device capable of exchanging audio, | video, data or textual information. |
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| | 18.__Telecommunications services.__"Telecommunications | services" means all telecommunications services as described in | this subsection. |
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| A. "Telecommunications services" includes: |
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| (1)__The provision of 2-way interactive communications | through the use of telecommunications equipment, | exclusive of mobile telecommunications services; |
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| (2)__Two-way interactive mobile telecommunications | services provided by a home service provider to a | customer whose place of primary use is within this | State, to the extent those services are associated with | transmissions that originate and terminate within this | State or within any other state.__For purposes of this | paragraph, the term "state" includes the District of | Columbia and any territory or possession of the United | States; and |
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| (3) Prepaid calling service. |
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| B.__"Telecommunications services" does not include: |
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| (1)__Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, | service originating or terminating outside this State; |
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| (3)__Directory advertising services; |
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| (4)__The sale of unbundled network elements for use in | the provision of telecommunications services; |
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| (5)__The lease of telecommunications equipment; or |
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| (6)__Mobile telecommunications services provided by a | home service provider to a customer whose place of | primary use is not within this State. |
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| | 19.__Video media; video equipment.__"Video media" means | prerecorded magnetic tapes used for noncommercial playback of | images and sound on video equipment, and other electronic audio | and video media that provide for noncommercial interactive |
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