Electronic and Postal Communication (Licensing)
G.N. No. 430 (contd)
“licensee” means an entity licensed by the Authority to provide
any electronic communication, postal or courier
services;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for communications
except in relation to content and broadcasting services;
“network facilities” means any element, or combination of
elements of physical infrastructure used principally for,
or in connection with the provision of one or more
network services, but not including customer premise
equipment;
“network facilities licence” means an electronic communications
licence entitling the holder to construct, maintain, own
and make available one or more network facilities;
“network facilities licensee” means a holder of a network
facilities licence;
“network service” means a service for the carrying of
information in the form of speech or other sound, data,
text or images, by means of guided and/or unguided
electromagnetic energy but does not include services
provided solely on the customer side of the network
boundary;
“network services licence” means an electronic communications
licence entitling the holder to provide one or more
network services;
“network services licensee” means a holder of a network service
licence;
“public emergency” means earthquake, epidemic, war, famine,
state of emergency or any other event declared as such
by the Government;
“royalty” means charges for a right of using a certain licensed
service;
“selling of electronic communication equipment licence” means
a licence entitling the holder to sell electronic
communication equipment on retail basis;
“SIM card” means Subscriber Identity Module which is an
independent electronic communication device designed
for use in conjunction with a mobile telephone to enable
the user of the mobile telephone to transmit and receive
indirect communications by providing access to
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