GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30 NOVEMBER 2001
No. 22889
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 200 1
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Act No. 64,2001
but which specifically excludes the termination of international telecom- I
munication services to end-users directly in the Republic;
‘carrier pre-selection’ means any facility by which subscribers to a
telecommunication service can access the services of an interconnected
national long-distance telecommunication operator and international 5
telecommunication operator;”;
(b) by the insertion after the definition of‘Directolr-General’of the following
definitions:
‘directories’ means a list (which may be made available in se arate
parts and through different media) of customers of a designated licensee 10
or multiple licensees and their telephone numbers which are generally
arranged in alphabetical order and not by reference to a description of the
trades, professions or businesses carried on by those customers;
‘directory enquiry service’ means the provisilon of information contained
in directories;
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(c) by the substitution for the definition of “Eskom” of the following definition:
“Eskom” means Eskom referred to in section 2(1) of the Eskom Act,
1987 (Act No. 40 of 1987), artd includes its subsidiaries.”;
(d) by the substitution for the definition of “fixed line operator” of the following
definition:
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‘fixed-line operator’ means [Telkom and] a holder of a licence to
provide a public switched telecommunication service or any other person
who provides a licensed telecommunication service by means of a
telecommunication system consisting mainly of fixed lines, and ‘operashall
tor’
be construed accordingly;”;
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( e ) by the insertion after the definition of “fixed-line operator” of the following
definition:
‘fixed-mobile service’ means a service provided by the holder of a
public switched telecommunication service 1:icence or an under-serviced
area licence that permits a customer of the licensee to access the public 30
switched telecommunication network of the licensee and obtain telecommunication services from such licensee from either
a fixed point or whilst
in motion within the local exchange area, but shall not permit call 1
handover between cells.”;
If) by the substitution for the definition of “interconnect” of the following 35
definition:
‘‘ ‘interconnect’ means [to link two] the ph,ysical or logical linking of
telecommunications systems [80 that users of either] in order to enable
any user of a system [may] linked to communicate with [users] g
u s of, or utilise services providedby means of, [the] another system [or 40
any other telecommunication system]so limked, and ‘interconnection’
has a corresponding meaning;”;
(g) by the insertion afterthe definition of “interconnect” of the following
definitions:
‘international telecommunication service’ means a telecommunication 45
service (including any signal conveyed by means of the telecommunication system of such service) which( a ) originates in a telecommunication system intheRepublic
and
terminates in a telecommunication system in another country or
vice versa; or
(b) originates and terminates :in a telecommunication system in another 50
country but is conveyed via a telecommunication system in the
Republic;”;
‘local access telecommunication service’ means a telecommunication
service provided within a defined geographic area, comprising the 55
conveyance of signals(a) between any customers of the licensee within that area; and
( b ) to and from a customer of the licenseeand the network of any public
service telecommunication licensee with whom thelicenseeis
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interconnected at a point i.n that area,
and include the installation, bringing into service, the maintenance and
repair of the telecommunication network which is provided, maintained I
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