Electronic and Postal Communication (Licensing)
G.N. No. 430 (contd)
Cap. 309
except where transmitted in private communications;
“content services licensee” means a holder of a content
applications service licence;
“courier services” means specialized services for the speedy
collection, conveyance and delivery of postal articles
other than letter;
“distribution of electronic communication equipment licence”
means a licence entitling the holder to sell electronic
communication equipment at wholesale ;
“electronic communication equipment” means an equipment
radio communication or, as appropriate, the
communication of information in the form of speech
or other sound data, text, visual images by means of
guided or unguided electromagnetic energy;
“emergency services” shall include calls using shortcodes for the
purposes relating to human safety and life or those
established for rescue operations in the event of any
disaster;
“force majeure” means an event which is beyond the reasonable
control of a licensee and which makes a licensee’s
performance of its obligations under the licence
impossible; such events may include but are not limited
to fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions,
strikes wars or revolutions;
“Gross Annual Turn-over means annual income earned by the
licensee during the year under review;
“importation of electronic communication equipment licence”
means a licence entitling the holder to import electronic
communication equipment for business purposes;
“inactive SIM card” means a SIM card that has been barred from
initiating traffic;
“installation and maintenance of electronic communication
equipment licence” means a licence entitling the holder
to construct, install and maintain electronic
communication equipment;
“licence” means a licence issued under the provisions of the
Electronic and Postal Communications Act;
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