National Communication Act No. 24
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Authority established under the provisions of this
Act;
“Board of Trustees” means the Board established under the provisions of Section (76) of this
Act;
“Broadcasting Station” means any equipment used for transmission of audio or visual broadcast
by cable, radio waves, satellite or Internet (the Internet) or by means of fixed and mobile
networks;
“Broadcasting” means the transmission of sound, video or data, intended for simultaneous
reception by the public;
“Communication” means transmitting or receiving signals, sound, moving or still pictures, data
or mail by means of wire or wireless including information technology, audio and visual broadcast
or post;
“Communication Services” means audio, video, data, feasibility studies, support services, value
added services, and any other services provided through any communication media;
“Competent Minister” means the national Minister in the Government of the Republic of South
Sudan responsible for the communication sector;
“Director General” means the chief executive of the Authority appointed under provision of this
Act;
“Dominant Operator” means the operator who owns the major portion of communication service
facilities or has the largest share in the market which enables such operator to have a substantial
degree of power of control in the market;
“Information Technology” means establishing, collecting, processing and storing of information
and sending it through electronic devices, including those involving the use of computers and
other communication systems;
“Infrastructure Sharing” means the sharing of different level of infrastructure of a
communication network and its resources between two or more operators;
“Interconnection” means the linking-up of two communication networks so that the users of
either network may communicate within users of or utilize services provided by means of the
other network or any other communication network;
“Licence” means the permission issued by the Authority for establishment, operation or
management of broadcast station or private or public communication network or for the use of
frequencies or manufacture or for import of communication equipment and materials;
“Licensee” means any person or persons Licenced by the Authority in accordance with provisions
of this Act;
8