“message” means any communication sent, received, or made, by information and communications, or given to any person, to be sent by electronic communications or to be delivered; “National Numbering Plan” means the numbering plan prepared and managed by the Authority for use in connection with the supply of information and communications services in The Gambia; “network controller” means the owner or operator of the network into which access is sought; “network facilities” means any element or combination of elements of physical infrastructure used principally for, or in connection with, the provision of information and communications services and includes an information and communications network, conditional access systems and electronic programme guides, but does not include customer equipment; “network termination point” means the physical point at which a subscriber is provided with access to a public communications network and, in the case of networks involving switching or routing, the network termination point is identified by means of a specific network address, which may be linked to a sub-scriber number or name; “number” means a series of digits indicating an electronic communication network termination point, comprising the information necessary in order to route calls to that termination point; “number portability” means the ability of users of an information and communications service to retain existing information and communications numbers without any impairment of quality, reliability or convenience when changing from one information and communications service licensee to another; “open network provisions or architecture” means the harmonized conditions of communications system, including technical interfaces, access to fre19