Telecommunications Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5B · Special Administration Order
44. Interpretation of this Part
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In this Part —“critical support infrastructure” means any infrastructure that belongs to, or is under the control of, a telecommunication licensee, and that satisfies all of the following criteria:
telecommunication licensee
“telecommunication licensee” means a person to whom a licence has been granted under section 5 or 7;
the infrastructure is required by other telecommunication licensees to provide a telecommunication service;
telecommunication service
“telecommunication service” means any service for telecommunications, including the leasing of a telecommunication cable, but excludes any broadcasting service;
the infrastructure cannot be replicated within the foreseeable future, or obtained from a third party, by an efficient new entrant to the market for telecommunication services in Singapore, in either case, at a cost that would reasonably allow market entry;
the failure or refusal by the firstmentioned telecommunication licensee to allow other telecommunication licensees to use the infrastructure would unreasonably restrict competition in any market for telecommunication services in Singapore;“prescribed transferee” means —
the Authority; or
a person nominated by the Authority;“specified telecommunication licensee” means a telecommunication licensee which the Minister has declared under section 45 to be a specified telecommunication licensee for the purposes of this Part.[32G
“critical support infrastructure” means any infrastructure that belongs to, or is under the control of, a telecommunication licensee, and that satisfies all of the following criteria:
the infrastructure is required by other telecommunication licensees to provide a telecommunication service;
the infrastructure cannot be replicated within the foreseeable future, or obtained from a third party, by an efficient new entrant to the market for telecommunication services in Singapore, in either case, at a cost that would reasonably allow market entry;
the failure or refusal by the firstmentioned telecommunication licensee to allow other telecommunication licensees to use the infrastructure would unreasonably restrict competition in any market for telecommunication services in Singapore;
“prescribed transferee” means —
the Authority; or
a person nominated by the Authority;
“specified telecommunication licensee” means a telecommunication licensee which the Minister has declared under section 45 to be a specified telecommunication licensee for the purposes of this Part.[32G