terminals of geographically distant subscribers;
(h)
“electronic mail services” means a service
whereby subscribers may send messages to one
or more addressees and receive messages using
a combination of data storage and
retransmission techniques so that the final
subscriber may recover the message. This
service may be used as follows (i)
electronic mail (X.400):
a service
allowing a subscriber to send messages
instantaneously to another subscriber's
directory or electronic "mailbox" (i.e.,
person-to-person messaging, according
to the ITU X.400 international
standards);
(ii)
electronic document interchange (EDI):
person-to-person messaging, according
to electronic data interchange fact
(EDIFACT);
(iii)
electronic fund transfer;
(iv)
electronic voice mail: a storage and
retrieval
service
whereby
voice
messages from one subscriber are
digitally stored in order to be received
by another subscriber;
(i)
“voice messaging” means a service whereby the
subscriber transmits a brief message by calling
one or more telephone numbers at a given time
or by answering the call of another subscriber;
(j)
“voice
telephony
service”
means
a
telecommunications service which provides
subscribers with the ability to conduct real-time
two-way speech conversation via a fixed or
mobile network;
(k)
“information services” means
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