Lao People's Democratic Republic Peace, Independence, Democracy, Unity, Prosperity National Assembly No 02/ NA Date 10 April 2001 TELECOMMUNICATION LAW Part I General Provision Article 1. Function of the Telecommunications Act The Telecommunication Act defines the principles, the regulations on the organization and the telecommunication activities, the management of the radio frequency for the radio communication, the radio broadcasting of sound and television and other radio frequencies; the administration of the numbering, the infrastructure; the management and the use of the Satellite orbital slot, the county code top level domain name of the Lao People's Democratic Republic; the management of tile Telecommunication and Internet services within the country and with foreign countries aiding at providing a universal, qualitative, accurate, clear, convenient, fast, safe and fair telecommunication services to the society which will be contributed to the national defense arid development and the international cooperation. Article 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Terms and Definition "telecommunication" means the ad 0f emission, transmission or reception, through the agency of electromagnetism, of any sounds, signs, writing, images or intelligence of any nature, by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems. "telecommunication resources" means radio frequencies, numbering, satellite orbital position and the telecommunications infrastructure. "numbering" means number, sign or other mark uses for the identification telecommunication networks and facilities in order to connect between the place of transmission amid the place of reception of telecommunication services. "telecommunication infrastructure" means buildings, structures includes equipment and transmission facilities to support the telecommunication networks such as duct, pole, mast, tower, antenna, optic fiber, cooper wire, any kind of transmission line and so on.. "telecommunication equipment" means machines, copper cables or optical fiber, duct, manhole, pole, mast, tower or other structure or series of equipment used or to be used in connection with the electrical or electromagnetic facilities to establish telecommunications services. "terminal equipment" means telecommunications equipment used in the offices or in the premises of the users or customers includes wire line or wireless telephone sets,