"tariff" means the rate of any fee or charge which a public operator offers to claim for a service which it supplies; "telecommunication" means a transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems whether or not such signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or intelligence have been subjected to rearrangement, computation or other processes by any means in the course of their transmission, emission or reception; "telecommunication network" means a system, or a series of systems, operation within such boundaries as may be prescribed, for the transmission or reception of messages by means of guided or unguided electro-magnetic energy or both; "telecommunication service" (a) means a service for carrying a message by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy or both; (b) subject to paragraph (c), includes radio-communication; (c) does not include public broadcasting; "Tribunal" means the Information and Communication Technologies Appeal Tribunal established under section 36; “universal service' means an information and communication service including a telecommunication service determined by the Authority as being a service to be provided by a licensee to an area or sector not served or adequately served by the service. Amended by [Act No. 7 of 2009]; [Act No. 1 of 2009]; [Act No. 38 of 2011] 3. Application of the Act (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall bind the State. (2) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority and on such terms and conditions as he thinks fit, exempt any Government Department or statutory corporation from compliance with this Act in the interests of the sovereignty of the State, national security and public order. Part II - ICT AUTHORITY 4. Establishment of the ICT Authority (1) There is established for the purpose of this Act, an Information and Communication Technologies Authority known as the ICT Authority. (2) The Authority shall be a body corporate.