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 188