6
Supplement
"telecommunication"
reception
[13th March]
to Official Gazette
means any emission.
transmission
of signs, signals, speech, writing,
or
images. sounds
or intelligence of any nature by wire, cable, radio, optical or
other electromagnetic
system or by any similar technical system;
"telecommunication
apparatus"
means an apparatLis used for.
or in respect of. te lecommun ication. and i nc Iudes
but does not include a private radio receiving
television receiver:
"te lecommun
'1
~clcpl'
set or private
ication faci Iity" means any fac iIity. apparatus
or other thing that isused
or is capable
of being used for
telecommunication
or for any operation directly connected
with telecommunication
and includes a transnlission bci lity:
"telecommunication
service"
means oftelecommunication
means a service provided
vision in whole or in part of telecommunication
a~~)flted
equipment
b)
facilities and includes the pm-
whether
facil ities and
by s~le. lease or otherwise:
"tefbgraphy"
meansa
transmission
of written matter by the use ofa signal code:
"terminal
equipment"
system of telecommunication
means telecommunication
which is intended tobe used or operated
for the
equipment
by a telec"""'"
cation service subscriber;
,.:.
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",
"transl11 ission facility" means any wire. cable, radio. optical
or other electromagnetic
system or any sim ilar technical system for the transm issionof inte IIigence between network
te':;111ination points, but does not include any exempt
m issiDnapparatus:
"universal
service"means
as may be determined
such telecommunication
trans-
service
by the Minister as a service that needs
to be provided byalicensee
to an area o(community
served, or not adequately served. by such a service,
not