Article 2. The following terms used within this Act shall mean:
1) subscriber – an entity who is a party to an agreement for the provision of
telecommunications services concluded with a provider of publicly available
telecommunications services;
2) public pay telephone – a telephone available to the general public where the call is paid
automatically, in particular by means of coins, tokens, phone cards or debit/credit cards;
3) apparatus – apparatus within the meaning of the provisions of the Electromagnetic
Compatibility Act of 13 April 2007 (Journal of Laws of 2016, items 1258 and 1948);
4) provision of a telecommunications network – the establishment of a telecommunications
network in a manner which enables the provision of services via such a network, its operation,
control or providing telecommunications access;
5) access to the local loop – using a local loop or a local sub-loop allowing full usage of the
local loop capacity (full access to the local loop) or usage of part of the local loop capacity
while maintaining the possibility for another telecommunications undertaking to use the local
subscriber loop (shared access to the local loop);
6) telecommunications access – use of telecommunications facilities, associated facilities or
services provided by another telecommunications undertaking, under defined conditions, for
the purpose of providing telecommunications services, including when they are used for the
delivery of services by electronic means or broadcast content services, consisting in particular
in:
a) access to network elements and associated facilities, which may involve the connection of
equipment, by fixed or non-fixed means, including access to the local loop and to facilities
and services necessary to provide services over the local loop,
b) access to buildings and telecommunications infrastructure,
c) access to relevant software systems, including operational support systems,
d) access to number translation or systems offering equivalent functionality,
e) access to telecommunications networks, in particular for roaming,
f) access to conditional access systems,
g) access to virtual network services,
h) access to information systems or databases for pre-ordering, ordering, provision of
services, maintenance, fault repair, complaints and billing;
7) electronic programme guide – technical measures or solutions which permit the choice of
programmes used in digital television systems, including additional data describing
programmes in the digital television signal;
7a) radio waves – electromagnetic waves of frequencies lower than 3000 GHz, propagating in
space without the aid of an artificial conductor;
8) telecommunications infrastructure – telecommunications equipment, excluding
telecommunications terminal equipment and including in particular lines, cable ducts, posts,
towers, masts, cables, wires and equipment used to ensure the provision of
telecommunications;
8a) telecommunications building installation – elements of telecommunications
infrastructure, in particular cables and wires together with telecommunications equipment and
telecommunications devices, from the point of connection with the public telecommunications
network (cable distribution frame) or from a radio system device to the subscriber's socket;
9) instruction – detailed instruction prepared by a telecommunications undertaking with
regard to the regulatory accounting run by it, including a description of its adopted enterprise
methods for assigning assets and liabilities, revenues and costs to activities within the scope
of telecommunications access or services in the retail market;