Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

Regulations

Carrier Pre-selection Regulations, 2010

1. Definitions
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In these regulations, any word or expression to which a meaning is assigned in the Act, shall have the same meaning, unless the context indicates otherwise—

 

"Act"

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

 

"access code"

means the numbers used as prefixes to other numbers to access electronic communications services;

 

"call origination"

means the service of originating calls on a network for completion either on the same or different network;

 

"carrier pre-selection code"

means an Access Code added by the subscriber or their subscriber equipment under CPS Phase 1;

 

"CPS phase 1"

means the process whereby a subscriber to one ECS Licensee may access the services of another ECS licensee on a call-by-call basis by adding an Access Code to the front of a dialled number;

 

"ECS"

means Electronic Communications Services;

 

"ECNS"

means Electronic Communications Network Services;

 

"eligible number"

means a number that has been assigned to a subscriber to make outgoing voice mobile and fixed calls;

 

"providing ECNS licensee"

means an electronic communications network service licensee that is required in terms of regulation 4 to make the necessary electronic communications facilities available for the implementation and proper functioning of carrier pre-selection using CPS Phase 1;

 

"providing ECS licensee"

means an electronic communications service licensee that is required in terms of regulations 4 to provide its subscribers with access to the electronic communications services of another electronic communications service licensee;

 

"requesting ECNS licensee"

means an electronic communications network service licensee that requests a network service from another electronic communications network service licensee;

 

"requesting ECS licensee"

means an electronic communications service licensee that is required in terms of regulation 4 to request service for the subscribers of another electronic communications service licensee.