"dominant position" means a position of economic strength enjoyed by a licensee either
individually or jointly with others affording the licensee the power to behave to an
appreciable extent independently of competitors, customers and ultimately consumers;
"electronic communications network" means transmission systems and, where applicable,
switching or routing equipment and other resources which permit the conveyance of signals
by wire, by radio, by optical fibre or by other electromagnetic means, including satellite
networks, fixed (circuit-switched and packet-switched, including Internet) and mobile
terrestrial networks, electricity cable systems, to the extent that they are used for the
purpose of transmitting signals, networks used for radio and television broadcasting, and
cable television networks, irrespective of the type of information conveyed;
"electronic communications service" means a service normally provided for remuneration which
consists wholly or mainly in the conveyance of signals on electronic communications
networks, including telecommunications services and transmission services in networks
used for broadcasting, but excludes services providing, or exercising editorial control over,
content transmitted using electronic communications networks and services; but does not
include information society services, as defined in the Electronic Commerce Act, 2010,
which do not consist wholly or mainly in the conveyance of signals on electronic
communications networks;
"end-user" means a person who has contracted for, or who requests, a communications service.
"equipment" includes any equipment or machinery;
"interconnection" means the physical and logical linking of public communications networks
used by the same or a different licensee in order to allow the users of one licensee to
communicate with users of the same or another licensee, or to access services provided by
another licensee;
“international gateway operator” means a person providing or licensed to provide a public
electronic communications network which includes an international connection;
"licensee" means a person licensed to provide a public communications network or service or an
associated facility in accordance with this Act;
"local loop" means the physical circuit connecting the network termination point at the
subscriber’s premises to the main distribution frame or equivalent facility in the fixed
public telephone network;
“Minister” means, the Minister responsible for communications, and “Ministry” has a
corresponding meaning;
"network termination point" means the physical point at which an end user is provided with
access to a public communications network; and in the case of networks involving
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