LEGAL NOTICE NO..............................
THE KENYA COMMUNICATIONS ACT
(No. 2 of 1998)
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by sections 27, 38, 39, 40 and 66 of
the Kenya Communitions Act, the Minister for Information, Transport and
Communications in consultation with the Commission makes the following
Regulations THE KENYA COMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONS, 2001
PART I – PRELIMINARY
Citation
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Kenya
Communications Regulations, 2001.
Interpretation
2.
In these Regulations, unless the context
otherwise requires“Act” means the Kenya Communications Act;
No. 2 of 1998
“basic telecommunications service” means a service
offered to subscribers which provides such subscribers
with a telephone connection to, and a unique local
telephone number address on a licensed local access
provider and which enables such subscribers to place
calls
to,
or
receive
calls
from,
other
telecommunications stations on those systems and shall
include residence and business line services;
“basic telephone service” means a service provided to
the public which allows end users to transmit and
receive real time voice communications, including
voice telephony service, public pay telephone service,
operator assisted services, local, domestic and
international long distance telephone services whether
by wire or wireless means as well as basic, non-packet
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