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“experimental radio service” means a service in which Radio waves are employed for purposes of
experimentation in the radio art or for purposes of providing essential communications for research projects,
which could not be conducted without the benefit of such communications;
“experimental station” means a station utilizing radio waves in experiments with a view to the
development of science or technique;
“expert” means a person who has been appointed by the Board to assist it in the performance of its
functions;
“file” means a file maintained by the Authority as the official record for matters filed and proceedings heard
by the Authority;
“fixed service” means a radiocommunication service between specified fixed points; “fixed station” means
a station in the fixed service;
“further particulars” means additional information requested by the Authority, which may be necessary or
helpful in the performance of its functions;
“harmful interference” means any radiation or any induction, which endangers the functioning of a radio
navigation service or of a safety service or obstructs or repeatedly interrupts a Radio Service operating in
accordance with the Table of Frequency Allocations and the Rules;
“interconnect capacity” means dedicated unswitched transmission capacity and other facilities for
connecting the telecommunications systems of two telecommunications service providers so that
telecommunications services may be passed efficiently between those systems;
“interconnect provider” means a provider of a telecommunications service who is required to provide
interconnection under Section 23 of the Communications Act;
“interconnecting operator” means a provider of a telecommunication service who has interconnected or
has requested that it be able to interconnect its telecommunications system to the telecommunications
system of an Interconnect Provider;
“interconnection agreement” means an agreement (whether entered into before or after the date of these
guidelines) in relation to the interconnection of telecommunication systems;
“interconnection information” means information in the possession or control of the Interconnect
Provider that relates to an interconnection request and which may assist the Interconnecting Operator to
better formulate its request for interconnection or plan, establish or maintain its telecommunication system
or a telecommunication service for the purpose of interconnection which information includes but is not
limited to:
(a)
technical, traffic and other relevant information;
(b)
system and facilities specifications; and
(c)
any material changes to that information or specifications which may impact on the
Interconnecting Operator’s interconnection arrangements or the services it intends to
provide to customers by means of that interconnection:
“interrogatory” means any request in writing for information or particulars made to a party in a proceeding;