DEFINITIONS
Accessibility: Ability to access information and services by minimizing barriers of distance and cost.
ACT: Telecommunications ACT of 2007.
Anti-Competitive Behavior: To create unfair market practices by promoting monopoly in the provision
of telecommunication services in the sector. (Note: Unless stipulated in government policies in
reference to national security or validation of revenue for tax purposes, the LTA shall ensure that
licensees comply with the anti-competitive laws pursuant to the Telecommunications Regulations of
2007 and the Telecommunications ACT of 2007).
Authentication - A security measure designed to verify an individual's authorization to access computer
or security information.
Authority: As used in this document, means the Liberia Telecommunications Authority.
Authorized Frequency: Spectrum frequency assigned to a company or corporation by the Liberia
Telecommunications Authority (LTA).
Basic Telecommunications Service: Services offered to subscribers that provide a telephone connection
to place calls or receive calls from other telecommunications carriers or persons.
Botnet (also zombies) - A collection of computers subject to centralized remote control by an outside
party, usually without the knowledge of the owners, using surreptitiously installed software robots.
The robots are spread by trojan horses and viruses. The botnets can be used to launch denial-ofservice attacks and transmit spam.
Broadband: A band with a high range of frequency, normally used as synonymous with high-speed
connection.
Broadcasting Service: Transmission of radio or video programming to the public on a free, pay,
subscription or other basis, whether by cable television, terrestrial or satellite means, or by any other
means of telecommunications.
Call Completion Rate: Ratio of successfully completed calls to the total number of attempted calls.
Calling Line Identity: Information generated by a telecommunications system that identifies the calling
number and forwards that information through that telecommunications network to a receiving
telecommunications system.
CATs - Small FBI Cyber Action Teams made up of computer analysts, forensic investigators and
malicious-code experts ready to travel anywhere in the world where a cyber intrusion occurred.
CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access - a technology that uses a spread spectrum technique that
allows multiple users to use a single channel to communicate, it offers third generation enhanced voice,
data and video transmission services.
Circuit: Physical connection or path of channels or conductors and equipment between two given
points through which an electric current may be established.
CLASS License: License issued for a defined type of service (e.g. ISPs, GSM, Radio, VSAT, etc.).
Commission: As used in this document, the Governing body of the Liberia Telecommunications
Authority (LTA) under Part 111, Section 9 of the Telecommunications Act of 2007.
Connectivity: Two or more devices/entities being linked or connected by means of some technology.
Cyber crimes: Using Computer and internet to intentionally commit an illegal act.
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