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“Solomon Telekom” means Solomon Telekom Company
Limited, a company formed under Companies Act
(Cap. 175);
“Solomon Telekom’s new licence” means the licence to be
issued to Solomon Telekom pursuant to section 127
substantially in the Form set out in Schedule 1;
“Solomon Telekom’s prior licence” means the
Telecommunications Licence issued by the
Telecommunications Authority of Solomon Islands to
Solomon Telekom Company Limited, dated 17
November 2003;
“telecommunications” means the conveyance from one device
to another of any message by means of any wire,
radio, optical, electric, magnetic, electromagnetic or
similar system;
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“Telecommunications Commission” means the entity
established as such by section 6;
“Telecommunications Commission Special Fund” means the
special fund established pursuant to section 17(1)(a);
“telecommunications equipment” means equipment intended to
be connected directly or indirectly to a
telecommunications network in order to send, transmit
or receive telecommunications services;
“telecommunications market” means a market in Solomon
Islands for any telecommunications service or access
including any other telecommunications service or
access that as a matter of fact and commercial
common sense is substitutable for it;
“telecommunications network” means a system or series of
systems capable of permitting telecommunications;
“telecommunications service” means any service normally
provided for consideration whether on a retail or
wholesale basis which consists wholly or mainly in
carrying out telecommunications, but does not include
television broadcasting;
“television broadcasting” means the transmission by a
television broadcast station of broadcast matter to a