switching or routing, the network termination point is identified by means of a specific
network address, which may be linked to an end user number or name;
“private electronic communications network” means an electronic communications network
used for the provision of electronic communications services to one person or the
employees of that person or among persons under common ownership or the employees of
those persons;
“private electronic communications service” means electronic communications services provided
exclusively for transmission and reception by one person or the employees of that person or
among persons under common ownership or control or the employees of those persons;
"provision of an electronic communications network" means the establishment, operation, control
or making available of such a network;
"public electronic communications network" means an electronic communications network used
wholly or mainly for the provision of publicly available electronic communications
services;
“public electronic communications service” means publicly available electronic communications
services;
"public pay telephone" means a telephone available to the general public, for the use of which the
means of payment may include coins or credit or debit cards or pre-payment cards,
including cards for use with dialing codes;
"public telephone network" means an electronic communications network which is used to
provide publicly available telephone services, and which supports the transfer between
network termination points of speech communications, and also other forms of
communication, such as facsimile and data;
"publicly available electronic communications service" means an electronic communications
service available to the public;
"publicly available telephone service" means a service available to the public for originating and
receiving national and international calls;
"satellite earth station network" means a configuration of two or more earth stations which
interoperate by means of a satellite;
"universal services" means the minimum set of services of specified quality which is available to
all users regardless of their geographical location and, in the light of specific national
conditions, at an affordable price as may be defined under regulations made under this Act;
“value added services” means -
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