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