Article 1 of Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Law

The following words and expressions, wherever they appear in this Law, shall have the meanings assigned to them below, unless the context indicates otherwise: Ministry: The Ministry of Communications. Minister: The competent minister designated by the Council of Ministers. Authority: The Communications and Information Technology Authority established pursuant to the provisions of this Law. Board: The Authority's Board of Directors. President: The head of the Authority's administration. Telecommunications: Any sending, transmission, broadcasting, dissemination or reception of signs, signals, writings, images, films, sounds or information of any nature, by wire, radio or optical means or by any other means of electronic systems. Telecommunications service: A service consisting, wholly or partly, of sending, receiving and routing information over telecommunications networks using any local and international telecommunications operations, including the Internet. Public telecommunications service: A telecommunications service provided to beneficiaries generally or to a specified category thereof for remuneration in accordance with the provisions of this Law. Information technology: Creating, processing, storing, converting, retrieving or using information, or making it available to others, using electronic means, including audible information and audio and visual data. Radio waves: Electromagnetic waves with frequencies exceeding three kilohertz propagated in space without an artificial guide. Home Page Law Index 484 Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Law Law No. 37 of 2014 Establishing the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Public telecommunications network: A local or international wired or wireless telecommunications system or group of systems for providing public telecommunications service to beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of this Law. Private telecommunications network: A telecommunications system operated for the benefit of one person or one group of persons linked by common ownership to serve their own needs. Telecommunications terminal equipment: Telecommunications equipment used by the beneficiary to send, receive, route or terminate a communication. Beneficiary / user: A person who benefits from public telecommunications service or service intended to be used for private purposes through telecommunications operations. Telecommunications equipment: Any equipment, tools, means or wired or wireless telecommunications system used or intended to be used for telecommunications purposes and forming part of a telecommunications network connected thereto or among its components, including local and international radio telecommunications equipment. Licence: Permission granted by the Authority, or a contract or agreement signed, any thereof, between the Authority and a person to permit him to establish, operate and manage a public telecommunications network, provide public telecommunications services or use radio frequencies, in accordance with the provisions of this Law and the regulations issued pursuant thereto. Licensee or service provider: A person licensed to provide one or more telecommunications services to the public, or licensed to manage, establish or operate a telecommunications network or Internet service to provide telecommunications services to the public, including providers of information or content supplied through the telecommunications network. Subscriber: Any person party to a contract with a public telecommunications operator for the provision of telecommunications services. Type approval: Approval to use specified types of telecommunications equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and permission to bring them in. National Frequency Allocation Table: The table providing for the allocation of the frequency spectrum into bands for use in providing different types of telecommunications services in accordance with the frequency allocation table issued by the International Telecommunication Union. National Frequency Allocation Plan: The plan containing the technical standards approved by the Authority for using the frequency bands included in the National Frequency Allocation Table, with regard to national security requirements in the use of those bands. Allocation of frequency bands: Entering frequency bands in the National Frequency Allocation Table for use in one one or more space or terrestrial radio telecommunications services or radio astronomy services, subject to specified conditions. Assignment: Permission granted by the Authority to a radio station to use specified frequencies or a specified radio channel in accordance with conditions set by the Authority for this purpose. National Frequency Assignment Register: A special register containing all information relating to channels and frequencies assigned to civilian and other radio stations. Law Index 485 Home Page Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Law Law No. 37 of 2014 Establishing the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Radio station: One or more transmitters or receivers, or a combination thereof, including auxiliary equipment located at a specified site for providing radio telecommunications, radio astronomy or broadcasting services. Radio frequencies / radio frequency spectrum: The frequencies or spectrum consisting of electromagnet