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Section 3
Definitions
For the purposes of this Act:
1) audiovisual programme means a movie, television programme, communication of an
event to an audience, or other comparable unit comprised of primarily moving images and
related sounds;
2) audiovisual content service means television broadcasting and video-on-demand services
offered to the public as a livelihood;
3) Internet access service means a communications service enabling access to services
available on the Internet;
4) mass communications network means a communications network primarily used for
transferring or transmitting television and radio programmes or other material conveyed in
identical form to all recipients;
5) cable duct means a protective structure used in constructing a public communications
network for the purpose of accommodating telecommunications cables;
6) fixed installation means a combination of communications network devices that are
installed in a predefined place for permanent use;
7) user means a natural person who as a subscriber or otherwise uses a communications
service or an added value service;
8) associated service means a system subject to a conditional right of use; electronic
programme guide: number conversion system; identification, location and presence service as
well as similar service associated with communications networks or services that allows the
offering of a communications network or service or supports the provision of services through
them;
9) associated facilities means an associated service and a building; entry to building and
building cabling; cable duct; mast and other physical structure, function or element related to a
communications network or service that allows the offering of a communications network or
service or supports the provision of services through them;
10) added value service means a service based on the processing of traffic data or location
data for a purpose other than delivery of a communication;
11) terrestrial mass communications network means a mass communications network that
functions by means of freely propagating radio waves;
12) programme means a pre-selected composition of audiovisual or radio programmes;
13) amateur radio communication means radio communication using amateur radio stations
carried out among themselves by persons who have demonstrated adequate proficiency for the
purpose of self-training, intercommunication or radio-technical experimentation and without
seeking financial benefit;
14) radio equipment means equipment or its significant component designed to transmit
(radio transmitter) or receive (radio receiver) electromagnetic radio waves for the purpose of
radio communication or for some other purpose;
15) radio frequency means the frequency of an electromagnetic wave freely propagated in
space and which is less than 3 000 GHz;
16) radio broadcasting means the simultaneous transmission of radio programmes intended
for reception by the audience according to a programme schedule;
17) radio communication means the transfer, transmission or reception of information by
using radio frequencies;
18) location data means data which is available from a communications network or terminal
device, shows the geographic location of a subscriber connection or terminal device, and is
used for a purpose other than the delivery of a communication;