Telecommunications (Class Licences) Regulations

These Regulations may be cited as the Telecommunications (Class Licences) Regulations.

In these Regulations —[Deleted by S 485/2016 wef 01/10/2016]“class licence” means a licence deemed to be granted under regulation 3;“Facilities-Based Operator” or “FBO” means a person who is granted a specific licence under section 5 of the Act to run any telecommunication system for the purpose of offering to other persons all or any of the following: (a)telecommunication switching capacity;

telecommunication switching services;

telecommunication transmission capacity; or

telecommunication transmission services;“Facilities-Based Operator licence” or “FBO licence” means a licence specifically granted by the Authority to a Facilities-Based Operator under section 5 of the Act;“licensee” means a person who is deemed to have been granted a class licence;“operator” means a person who runs any of the specified telecommunication systems and services;“Services-Based Operator” or “SBO” means a person who leases from an FBO any telecommunication system (including telecommunication network elements such as transmission capacity, switching services, ducts and fibre) to provide telecommunication services to third parties or to resell the telecommunication services of FBOs;“Services-Based Operator (Individual) licence” or “SBO (Individual) licence” means a licence specifically granted by the Authority to a Services-Based Operator under section 5 of the Act;“specified telecommunication systems and services” means the telecommunication systems and services described in the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Schedules.