PART I: INTRODUCTION
1.
Definitions
In these Guidelines the following words and or phrases shall have the
meaning assigned to them hereunder unless the context requires
otherwise. All words and or phrases defined in the Telecommunications
Act [CAP.72:03] shall have the meaning assigned to them under the said
Act(a).
Access – Means the technical feasible means of reaching network
facilities/infrastructure
for
purposes
of
sharing
network
facilities/infrastructure.
(b)
Access Provider – Means any licensed telecommunications
operator who owns or is in control of a facility or infrastructure access
to which another licensed operator desires for purposes of
infrastructure sharing;
(c).
Access Seeker – Means any licensed telecommunications operator
desirous of sharing a facility or infrastructure owned or in the control
of another licensed telecommunications operator;
(d).
Act – Means the Telecommunications Act [CAP.72:03]
(e).
Authority – Means the Telecommunications Authority established in
terms of the Act.
(f)
Communications Laws - shall mean such laws as may regulate the
provision of communication services including but not limited to the
Telecommunications Act and / or the Broadcasting Act)
(g).
Facility or Facilities – Means the same thing as, and are
interchangeably used with the term “infrastructure”;
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