“message” means any communication sent,
received, or made, by information and commu
nications, or given to any person, to be sent by
electronic communications or to be delivered;
“National Numbering Plan” means the numbering
plan prepared and managed by the Authority for
use in connection with the supply of information
and communications services in The Gambia;
“network controller” means the owner or operator
of the network into which access is sought;
“network facilities” means any element or
combination of elements of physical infrastructure
used principally for, or in connection with, the
provision of information and communications ser
vices and includes an information and communi
cations network, conditional access systems and
electronic programme guides, but does not include
customer equipment;
“network termination point” means the physical
point at which a subscriber is provided with access
to a public communications network and, in the
case of networks involving switching or routing, the
network termination point is identified by means of
a specific network address, which may be linked to
a sub-scriber number or name;
“number” means a series of digits indicating an
electronic communication network termination
point, comprising the information necessary in
order to route calls to that termination point;
“number portability” means the ability of users of
an information and communications service to
retain existing information and communications
numbers without any impairment of quality,
reliability or convenience when changing from one
information and communications service licensee
to another;
“open network provisions or architecture” means
the harmonized conditions of communications sys
tem, including technical interfaces, access to fre
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