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11° “Minister” refers to the Government Minister who is responsible for telecommunications
policy and law in the Republic.
12° “etwork termination point” refers to the point at which a user can make physical and
logical connection with a telecommunications network and includes its technical access
specification.
13° “Public telecommunications operator” refers to a telecommunications service provider
who is providing a public telephone service and/or a public network and/or a
telecommunications service using leased lines under the terms of an individual licence.
14° “Public fixed telephone network” refers to a switched telecommunications network
which can support the transfer between fixed network termination points at fixed locations of
speech, facsimile communications and voice band data transmission via modem and where
access to the network is through a number in the Republic’s numbering plan.
15° “Public mobile telephone network” refers to a telecommunications network for the
provision of a public telephone service where access to the network is through a number in
the Republic’s numbering plan but where the network termination points are not at fixed
locations.
16° “Public networks” refers to public fixed telephone networks and public mobile telephone
networks .
17° "Public payphone" refers to a telephone in a public place which is available for use by
the general public using coins and/or credit or debit cards and/or prepayment cards, and which
is provided by a public telecommunications operator as part of an individual licence.
18° “Public telephone service” refers to a real time voice telephony service through public
networks to which natural persons or organizations may be admitted or subscribe (either by
means of prepayment or under a written contract for a defined period of time) and which
includes the services set out in Chapter 5 of this law.
19° “Radiocommunications” refers to the transmission and/or reception of signals by the use
of radio waves but excluding radio and television broadcasting.
20° “Regulatory Agency” refers to the public autonomous body created by the law
establishing an agency for the regulation of public utilities.
21° “Regulatory Board” refers to the board of 7 individual of some persons responsible for
the regulation of public utilities in the Republic and for the management of the Regulatory
Agency.
22° “Republic” refers to the Republic of Rwanda.
23° “Standard license” refers to a license granted in accordance with Article 18 which
contains
standard terms allowing the licensee to provide a particular type of
telecommunications network and/or telecommunications service.