GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30 NOVEMBER 2001
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 2001
No. 21889
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Act No. 64,2001
by the insertion after the definition of “prescribed” of the following
definitions:
‘private telecommunication network’ means a telecommunication
system provided by a person for purposes principally or integrally related
to the operations of that person and which is installed onto two or more
separate, non-contiguous premises and where the switching systems
(nodes) of at least two of these premises are interconnected to the public
switched telecommunication network as contemplated in section 41;
‘public switched telecommunication networks’ means the telecommunication systems installed or otherwise provided, maintained and operated
by a public switched telecommunication licensee for the purpose of
providing public switched telmecommunication services;
‘public switched telecommunication services’ means the provision of
telecommunication servicesto an end-user on a subscription basis or for
a fee referred to in section 36;
‘public switched telecommunication service licence’ means alicence
referred to in section 34(2)(u)(i);”;
( k ) by the insertion afterthe definitionof “radioapparatus” of the following
definition:
‘radiofrequency spectrum licence’ means a licence referred to in
section 30;”;
(1) by the insertion afterthe
definition of “regulation” of the following
definitions:
“ ‘resale’ means the provision of any public switched telecommunication service by means of telecommunication facilities which are obtained
by the public switched telecommunication service licensee or underserviced area licensee in 0rde.r to sell such services to its customer, and
“reseller” shall be construed .accordingly;
‘second national operator’ means the second holder of a public switched
telecommunication service licence;
.‘Sentech’ means Sentech (Pty) Ltd, a company established pursuant to
the Sentech Act, 1996 (Act No. 63 of 1996);”;
(m) by the insertion after the definition of “signal” o i the following definition:
‘small business’ (commonly referred to as an ‘SMME’) means a ‘small
business’ as defined in section 1 of the National Small Business Actl
1996 (Act No. 102 of 1996);”;
(n) by the insertion after the definition of “telecom.munication system” of the
following definition:
“teledensity” means the number of telephone lines per 100 persons;
(0) by the insertion after the definition of “Telkom” of the following definition:
‘‘ ‘third generation telecommunication frequency licence’ means the
radio frequency spectrum licence referred to in section 30B;”; and
( p ) by the insertion afterthe definition of “UniversalService Fund” of the
following definitions:
‘value-added network service’ means a telecommunication service
provided by a person over a telecommunication facility, which facility
has been obtained by that person in accordance with the provisions of
section 40(2) of the Act, to one or morecustomers of that person
concurrently, during which value is added for the benefit of the
customers, which may consist of(a) any kind of technological intervention that would act on the content,
format or protocol or similar aspects of the signals transmitted or
received by the customer in order to provide those customers with
additional, different or re:structured information;
(b) the provision of autho:rised access to, and interaction with,
processes for storing and retrieval of text and data;
(c) managed data network services;
‘voice over internet protocol’ means a series of techniques permitting
transmission of a voice over the internet or through one or more
telecommunication facilities using internet protocol.”.
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