Art. 3

In this Act:

1. information means signs, signals, characters, images, sounds and any other form of representation addressed to human or other living beings or to machines;
2. telecommunications service means transmission of information for third parties by means of telecommunications techniques;
3. transmission by means of telecommunications techniques means sending or receiving of information, by lines or radio, by means of electrical, magnetic or optical signals or other electromagnetic signals;
4. ¹ public telephony service means a telecommunications service for the transmission of speech in real time by means of one or more addressing resources provided for this purpose in a national or international numbering plan;
5. ² value-added service means a service provided by means of a telecommunications service and charged to the customers by their telecommunications service provider in addition to telecommunications services;
6. telecommunications installations means apparatus, lines or equipment intended for the transmission of information by means of telecommunications techniques or used for that purpose;
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8. ⁴ interconnection means establishment of access by the connection of the installations and services of two telecommunications service providers, enabling them to operate together logically and in accordance with telecommunications techniques and allowing access to the services of third parties;
9. ⁵ leased lines means provision of transparent transmission capacities via point-to-point connections;
10. ⁶ cable ducts means underground pipes in which lines for transmission of information by telecommunications techniques are conveyed, including the access shafts;
11. ⁷ addressing resource means a sequence of digits, letters, signs or other information that enable the persons taking part in a telecommunications operation, as well as the computer processes, machines, apparatus or telecommunications installations involved, to be identified;
12. ⁸ directory data means information that identifies or designates a customer in relation to an individually assigned addressing element and which is used in order to publish a directory or is required for the provision of a telecommunications service;
13. ⁹ radio and television programme service means sequence of programmes as defined in Article 2 RTVA¹⁰.