26 CAP. 229] Telecommunications “floor” means the lower limit of a tariff or a telecommunication service as specified by the PUC from time to time below which such tariffs may not be offered; “forbearance” denotes that the PUC has not, for the time being, notified any tariff or a particular telecommunication service and the service provider is free to fix any tariff for such service; “International Long Distance Telecommunication Service” means telecommunications required to connect a local area of a public telecommunication network within Belize to a local area of a public telecommunication network in another country so as to allow for the transmission of voice and non-voice signals; “International Direct Dialing” means direct interconnection between an end user in Belize with another end user in another country by means of direct dialing through public networks; “leased circuits” means telecommunication facilities leased to subscribers or service providers to provide for technology transparent transmission capacity between network termination points which the user can control as part of the leased circuit provision and which may include systems allowing flexible use of lease circuit bandwidth; “non-discrimination” means that service providers shall not, in the matter of application of tariffs, discriminate between subscribers of the same class and such classification of subscribers shall not be arbitrary; “reporting requirement” means the obligation of a service provider to report to the PUC at least five working days before implementing any new tariff for telecommunication services under these Regulations and any changes thereafter; “special services” includes those support and ancillary services like directory enquiry, operator assistance, fault repair, billing and general queries, emergency THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE [ ] Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of the Government of Belize. REVISED EDITION 2003