Electronic and Postal Communications (Electronic Communication Numbering and Addressing) G.N. No. 428 (contd) of electronic addresses and names; “director general” means the Director General of the Authority; “electronic address” means the address used for electronic communication and shall include addresses under dottz country code Top Level Domain; “electronic communication” means radio communication or, as appropriate, the communication of information in the form of the electronic speech or other sound, data, text or images, by means of guided and unguided electromagnetic energy; “electronic communication operator” means any person licensed by the Authority to provide radio communication or telecommunication services; “electronic communication number” means a number, sign or any other mark which an electronic communication operator in its delivery of electronic communication services uses for identification of electronic communications facilities in order to connect between the place of transmission and the place of reception, or for identification of the type of content of transmission the electronic communication facility is to deliver; “electronic communication facility” means any facility used or intended to be used for electronic communication; “national numbering plan” means the scheme of identification prescribed in these Regulations or other regulations made and maintained by the Authority for ensuring that electronic communications are correctly and efficiently directed to their intended points of reception; “national signalling point codes plan” means the plan for Signalling Point Codes as maintained by the Authority; “short code” means a number that is not a supplementary code and has a maximum of six (6) digits; 160