“prior licence” means an authorization for the operation of a telecommunications
network or provision of a telecommunications service issued prior to the
commencement date, that has not expired, been terminated or been surrendered prior
to the commencement date;
“public voice telephony services” means the commercial provision to the public of
the direct transport, switching or routing of voice telephony, experienced by the user
as occurring in real time, between network termination points;
“radiocommunication” means any transmission, emission or reception of signs,
signals, writing, images, sounds, pictures, data or information of any kind by means
of electromagnetic waves transmitted using the radio spectrum;
“radio spectrum licence” means a licence to use identified radio spectrum issued
pursuant to Section 25 (1);
“reference interconnection offer” has the meaning identified in Section 39;
“regulation” means a regulation made by the LTA pursuant to this Act;
“rule” means a rule made by the LTA pursuant to this Act;
“Senate” means the Senate of the Republic of Liberia;
“service provider” means a person or entity under permit or license by the LTA that
provides a telecommunications service to the public or that owns or operates a
telecommunications network used to provide telecommunications services to the
public;
“significant market power” means a position of economic strength, acting either
individually or jointly with others, permitting a service provider to act to an
appreciable extent independently of customers or competitors, or otherwise
constituting a position of dominance in one or more identified telecommunications
service markets;
“telecommunications” means any transmission, emission or reception of signs,
signals, writing, images, sounds, pictures, data or information of any kind by wire,
radio, optical or other electromagnetic means of communications;
“telecommunications equipment” means equipment intended to be connected directly
or indirectly to a telecommunications network in order to send, transmit or receive
telecommunications services;
"telecommunications facility" means any facility, apparatus or other thing that is
used or is capable of being used for telecommunications or for any operation directly
connected with telecommunications;
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