CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO. 18-145, C.D.1
P.C. NO. 18-254
PUBLIC LAW NO. 18-52
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bottleneck facility by one licensee to another for the
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purpose of the second licensee providing communications
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services;
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(b) ‘Act’ means the FSM Telecommunications Act of
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2014, and where appropriate includes the rules and
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regulation made pursuant to this Act;
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(c) ‘affiliate’ means, in relation to any one
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person, any other person directly or indirectly
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controlling or controlled by or under the direct or
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indirect common control with, such specified person;
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(d) ‘appeals panel’ means the body constituted
from time to time pursuant to section 328;
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(e) ‘Authority’ means the Office of the
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Telecommunication Regulation Authority established under
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section 304;
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(f) ‘bottleneck facility’ means a communications
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facility declared by the Authority to be essential for
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the production of communications services which, for
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technical reasons or due to economies of scope and scale
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and the presence of sunk costs, cannot practicably be
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duplicated by a potential competitor in a communications
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market;
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(g) ‘communications’ means the conveyance from
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one device to another of any message by means of any
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wire, radio, optical, electric, magnetic,
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