Electronic and Postal Communications (Electronic Communication Numbering
and Addressing)
G.N. No. 428 (contd)
of electronic addresses and names;
“director general” means the Director General of the
Authority;
“electronic address” means the address used for electronic
communication and shall include addresses under dottz country code Top Level Domain;
“electronic communication” means radio communication or,
as appropriate, the communication of information in
the form of the electronic speech or other sound, data,
text or images, by means of guided and unguided
electromagnetic energy;
“electronic communication operator” means any person
licensed by the Authority to provide radio
communication or telecommunication services;
“electronic communication number” means a number, sign or
any other mark which an electronic communication
operator in its delivery of electronic communication
services uses for identification of electronic
communications facilities in order to connect between
the place of transmission and the place of reception, or
for identification of the type of content of
transmission the electronic communication facility is
to deliver;
“electronic communication facility” means any facility used or
intended to be used for electronic communication;
“national numbering plan” means the scheme of identification
prescribed in these Regulations or other regulations
made and maintained by the Authority for ensuring
that electronic communications are correctly and
efficiently directed to their intended points of
reception;
“national signalling point codes plan” means the plan for
Signalling Point Codes as maintained by the
Authority;
“short code” means a number that is not a supplementary
code and has a maximum of six (6) digits;
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