(b) apparatus capable of being used for the reception of writing, signs, signals, pictures, impulses
and sounds of all descriptions whatsoever wholly or partly by means of Hertzian waves; or
(c) apparatus referred to in paragraph (a) of this definition and apparatus referred to in paragraph (b)
of this definition in combination;
“radio station licence” means a licence authorising the licensee to possess, control or work a radio station;
“radio transmitting station” means apparatus referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “radio station”,
whether in combination with apparatus referred to in paragraph (b) of that definition or otherwise;
“radiocommunication service” means a telecommunication service or system whereby writing, signs, signals,
pictures, impulses and sounds of all descriptions whatsoever are transmitted, emitted or received wholly
or partly by means of Hertzian waves;
“reserved”, in relation to an agency, postal or telecommunication service, means an agency, postal or
telecommunication service the provision of which is reserved or deemed to be reserved exclusively to
the Corporation or a successor company in terms of subsection (2) or (4) of section one hundred and six;
“satellite telephone service” means a telephone service transmitted by satellite;
“sender” means the person from whom any parcel, article or telegram purports to have come, unless that
person proves that he is not the sender thereof;
“ship station” bears the meaning assigned to that term in the First Schedule;
“State land” means land vested in the President, other than Communal Land;
“statutory body” means —
(a) any commission established by the Constitution; or
(b) any body corporate established directly by or under an Act for special purposes specified in that
Act, the membership of which consists wholly or mainly of persons appointed by the President,
a Vice-President, a Minister or any statutory body or by a commission established by the
Constitution;
“successor company” means any successor company formed in terms of section one hundred and six or any
subsidiary of a successor company;
“tariff” means a tariff of prices, rates, subscriptions or charges levied by a licensee other than a private
telecommunications licensee, and includes any item of such tariff;
“telecommunication authority” means
(a) in the case of Zimbabwe, the Authority;
(b) in the case of any country or territory other than Zimbabwe, the duly constituted
telecommunication authority of that country or territory;
“telecommunication licence” means a licence authorising the licensee to provide a telecommunication
service or operate a telecommunication system, other than a private telecommunication service or
system;
“telecommunication line” includes any apparatus, instrument, pole, mast, standard, wire, pipe, fibre, tunnel,
pneumatic or other tube, thing or means whatever that is or may be used in connection with or for the
purpose of sending, transmitting, conveying or receiving signs, signals, sounds, pictures or
communications which are conveyed by means of a telecommunication system;
“telecommunications” and “telecommunication services or systems” include cellular telecommunications and
cellular telecommunication services or systems;
“telecommunication service” means any telecommunication service transmitted by means of a
telecommunication system;
“telecommunication system” means any system by means of which signs, signals, sounds, pictures or
communications are conveyed by the agency of electricity, magnetism or electromagnetism or by any
agency of a like nature, whether with or without the aid of wires, and includes telephony and telegraphy
and any improvements and developments thereof;
“telegram” means any communication transmitted or intended to be transmitted by a telegraph service or
delivered or intended to be delivered from any post office or telegraph office as a communication
transmitted either wholly or partly by a telegraph service, and includes a communication transmitted or
intended to be transmitted by means of a radiocommunication service that is reduced to writing;
“telegraph employee” means any person employed by a telecommunication licensee to accept, transmit or
deliver telegrams;
“telegraph office” means any place used for the handling of telegrams;
“telegraph service” means a telecommunication service by means of which a person using the service may
communicate by means of a telegram with another person;
“telephone service” means a telecommunication service by means of which a person using the service may
speak to another person using the service;
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