ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
a) Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms used in these
Regulations shall have the same meaning, if any, as they have in the
Law Governing Telecommunications.
b) The following terms in these Regulations shall have the meanings
provided below. Any references to the singular includes the plural
and vice versa and any references in the masculine refer to feminine
and vice versa.
i.
“By-pass” is the routing of international calls by a licensed
network operator to a third party outside of any contractual or
beams / trunks dedicated to domestic interconnection.
ii.
“CDR” means Call Detail Records generated by telephone
exchanges which contain detailed information about calls
originating from, terminating at or passing through the
exchange.
iii.
“CLI” means Caller Line Identification.
iv.
“Effective Date” means the date of signature and approval by
the Regulatory Board.
v.
“Government” shall mean the Government of Rwanda.
vi.
“Gateway” refers to a device designed to connect
telecommunications networks with different architectures or
different protocols, or that provide different services from one
another.
vii.
IBCS means Interconnect Border Control System.
viii.
IGTVS means
System.
ix.
International
Gateway
Traffic
Verification
“ITU” means International Telecommunications Union.
x.
“International incoming electronic communication traffic”
means incoming traffic to Rwanda including voice traffic.
xi.
“Monitoring” means observation and supervision of
telecommunications traffic, in particular C7 signalling,
excluding the capability to record, monitor or tap into the
content of any electronic communication. This limitation
applies to voice communications but also to data
communications such as SMS. It is extended also to location
data in mobile communications.
Regulations for International Gateway Traffic Verification System for Network Operators in Rwanda