As used in this chapter, "telecommunications service" means a service provided for a charge or compensation to facilitate the origination, transmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, data, writings, images, sounds, or intelligence of any nature by:

1. (1) telephone, including cellular or other wireless telephones;
2. (2) wire;
3. (3) radio; or
4. (4) an electromagnetic, a photoelectronic, or a photo-optical system.

As added by P.L.216-1996, SEC.23.