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the Authority, the Minister or any other body or person vested with powers to
make appointments;
“assignment” means the designation to an individual licensee of specific radio
frequencies for use in providing a particular service;
“Authority” means the Lesotho Telecommunications Authority established
under section 4 of this Act;
“Board” means the Board of the Authority established under section 5 of this
Act;
‘‘competitive services” means any telecommunication services that are or may
be provided by 2 or more persons;
“customer” means a person who receives and pays for a telecommunication
service over a period of time under an agreement with or pursuant to terms
and conditions established by the service provider with the approval of the
Authority;
“customer premises equipment” ox “terminal equipment” means equipment
employed on the premises of a customer of a public telecommunication
service or private telecommunication service to originate route, or terminate
telecommunication services and includes telephone handsets (whether for
wireless or wireline communications), fax machines, computer modems,
associated hardware and internal wiring to the customer ‘s premises or
property on which the customer has installed the customer premises
equipment;
“domestic telecommunication services” means telecommunication services
provided within Lesotho;
“exclusive services” means any telecommunication services that are provided
or may be provided by one person over the whole country or by 2 or mole
persons in specific areas of the country;
“incumbent national operator” or “incumbent” means the national
telecommunication enterprise, Lesotho Telecommunications Corporation;
“information” includes signs, signals writings, pictures, sounds or other
information of any nature which constitutes the content transmitted by
telecommunication;
“international telecommunication services” means telecommunication
services provided between Lesotho and any other country including transit
traffic;
“licence” means an authorisation granted by the Authority for the provision of
telecommunication services or for the use of the radio frequency spectrum;