provision and use of a telecommunications service;
“service quality requirements” means conditions of
licence established by the Commission pursuant to
section 25 of the Act for the purpose of improving the
quality and delivery of telecommunications services in
Kenya;
“store and forward messaging service” means a service
whereby messages can be exchanged between
subscribers using storage and retransmission devices;
“subscriber” means
any person provided with a
telecommunications service by a licensee, and who is
responsible for payment of all charges and rentals;
“subscriber line” means a telecommunications link
connecting the local telecommunications center to the
subscriber’s premises or telephone instrument or
system;
“tariffs” means the charges by a telecommunications
service operator or its subscribers;
“telex service” means a telecommunications service
that provides for the interactive telecommunication of
texts between subscribers through teleprinting devices
interconnected by a telex network via transmission of
codified information;
“third party private network service” means a service
over a user-dedicated network supplied by a licensee
providing such services, whether directly or indirectly,
to the user of such services;
“Tribunal” means the Appeals Tribunal established
under section 102 of the Act;
“trunk capacity resale service” means
a type of
telecommunications service which, using a trunk
capacity resale system, provides the necessary capacity
to carry and route telecommunications signals
constituting the main interconnection between
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