Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)RegulationsCarrier Pre-selection Regulations, 20101. Definitions |
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.