Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005) Regulations Call Termination Regulations, 2014 1. Definitions

 

In these Regulations, unless the context indicates otherwise, a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act; has the meaning so assigned, and the following words and expressions shall have the meaning set out below:

 

"2010 Regulations"

means the Call Termination Regulation, 2010/11 published under Notice 1015 of 2010 in Government Gazette 33698 of 29 October 2010;

 

"the Act"

means the Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005);

 

"Authority"

means the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa;

 

"BON"

means between ON geographic area codes as specified in the Numbering Plans Regulations;

 

"ECNS"

means an electronic communications network service as defined in the Act;

 

"ECS"

means an electronic communications service as defined in the Act;

 

"Fixed Wholesale voice Call Termination Service"

means a wholesale voice call termination service provided by an ECNS or ECS licensee to a fixed location;

 

"Mobile Wholesale Voice Call Termination Service"

means a wholesale voice call termination service provided by an ECNS or ECS licensee to mobile subscriber equipment enabled by wireless technology;

 

"Numbering Plan Regulations"

means the Numbering Plan Regulations, 2012, published under Notice 790 in government Gazette 35737 of 2 October 2012;

 

"Reference Interconnection Offer" or "RIO"

means a document, approved by the Authority, setting out the standard terms and conditions for interconnection agreements;

 

"SMP"

means significant market power as defined in section 67(5) of the Act;

 

"WON"

means within a ON geographic area code as specified in Regulation 6 of the Numbering Plan Regulatuions.