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(c) “teleaction” means a service used to send short messages at very low
transmission speeds between the subscriber and a communications
network;
(d) “telecommand” means a service whereby a supervised system is
controlled from a remote control device;
(e) “telealarm” means a service whereby an electric signal is sent to
a remote control device each time there is a threshold change of
conditions in the supervised system;
(f) “store and forward messaging service” means a service whereby
messages can be exchanged between subscribers using storage and
retransmission devices;
(g) “teleprocessing and data processing” means an interactive service
used for the processing of data and exchange of messages between
the terminals of georaphically distant subscribers;
(h) “electronic mail services” means a service whereby subscribers
may send messages to one or more addressees and receive messages
using a combination of data storage and retransmission techniques
so that the final subscriber may recover the message. This service
may be used as follows—
(i) electronic mail (X.400): a service allowing a subscriber to send
messages instantaneously to another subscriber’s directory or
electronic “mailbox” (i.e., person-to-person messaging, according to the ITU X.400 international standards);
(ii) electronic document interchange (EDI): person-to-person
messaging, according to electronic data interchange fact
(EDIFACT);
(iii) electronic fund transfer;
(iv) electronic voice mail: a storage and retrieval service whereby
voice messages from one subscriber are digitally stored in order
to be received by another subscriber;
(i) “voice messaging” means a service whereby the subscriber transmits
a brief message by calling one or more telephone numbers at a given
time or by answering the call of another subscriber;
(j) “voice telephony service” means a telecommunications service
which provides subscribers with the ability to conduct real-time
two-way speech conversation via a fixed or mobile network;
(k) “information services” means an interactive service that provides
access to information stored in database centers and which may be
sent to the world wide web subscriber only upon request;