LEGAL NOTICE NO.............................. THE KENYA COMMUNICATIONS ACT (No. 2 of 1998) IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by sections 27, 38, 39, 40 and 66 of the Kenya Communitions Act, the Minister for Information, Transport and Communications in consultation with the Commission makes the following Regulations THE KENYA COMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONS, 2001 PART I – PRELIMINARY Citation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Kenya Communications Regulations, 2001. Interpretation 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires“Act” means the Kenya Communications Act; No. 2 of 1998 “basic telecommunications service” means a service offered to subscribers which provides such subscribers with a telephone connection to, and a unique local telephone number address on a licensed local access provider and which enables such subscribers to place calls to, or receive calls from, other telecommunications stations on those systems and shall include residence and business line services; “basic telephone service” means a service provided to the public which allows end users to transmit and receive real time voice communications, including voice telephony service, public pay telephone service, operator assisted services, local, domestic and international long distance telephone services whether by wire or wireless means as well as basic, non-packet 6