quencies tariff principles that allow efficient access
to public information and communications systems;
“operator” means a person who owns, operates or
provides a regulated information and communi
cations system or information and communications
service;
“operator having significant market power” means
a legal entity which, either on its own or in
conjunction with other legal entities, holds a
position equivalent to a dominant position, that is, a
company which has a significant capacity to act in
a manner independent of its competitors, its
customers and ultimately consumers;
“prescribed” means set out in this Act or by
regulations made under this Act;
“private communications service” means an
information and communications service provided
by an authorized provider for
(a) its own use over a private information and
communications system; or
(b) the use of third parties,
within an identifiable, wholly self-contained private
information and communications system which
does not inter-connect with a public information
and communications system;
“public communications network” means an
information and communications network used
wholly or mainly for the provision of publicly
available
information
and
communications
services;
“public telephone network” means an information
and communications network which
(a) is used to provide publicly available tele
phone services; and
(b) supports the transfer between network ter
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