ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (REGULATION)
[ CAP. 399.
the regulation of electronic communications services, electronic
communications networks, associated facilities and associated
services;
"network termination point" means the physical point at which an
end-user is provided with access to a public electronic
communications network, and which in the case of networks involving
switching or routing is identified by means of a specific network
address, which may be linked to a number or name of an end-user;
"number-based interpersonal communications service" means an
interpersonal communications service which connects with
publicly assigned numbering resources, namely a number or
numbers in national or international numbering plans, or which
enables communication with a number or numbers in national or
international numbering plans:
Provided that the mere use of a number as an identifier
should not be considered to be equivalent to the use of a number to
connect with publicly assigned numbers and should therefore, in
itself, not be considered to be sufficient to qualify a service as a
number-based interpersonal communication service;
"operator" means an undertaking providing or authorised to
provide a public communications network or an associated facility;
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under this
Act;
"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 electronic communications services available to the public
which support the transfer of information between network
termination points;
"public safety answering point" or "PSAP" means a physical
location where an emergency communication is first received under
the responsibility of a public authority or a private organisation
recognized by the Government;
"publicly available electronic communications service" means an
electronic communications service available to the public;
"radio spectrum allocation" means the designation of a given
radio spectrum band for use by one or more types of radio
communications services, where appropriate, under specified
conditions;
"Regulation (EU) No. 531/2012" means Regulation (EU) No 531/
2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June
2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks
within the European Union;
"Regulation (EU) 2015/2120" means Regulation (EU) 2015/2120
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November
2015 laying down measures concerning open internet access and
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