(g) "intelligence" means any speech, sound, data, signal, writing, image or video;
(h) "licence" means an authorization granted by the Authority for the establishment,
operation or maintenance of any telecommunication system or provision of any
telecommunication services;
(i) "international telephony services" means any direct or indirect telecommunication service,
whether or not in digital form, conveyed by any means between a point in Pakistan and a
point in another country, other than radio/broadcasting or television broadcasting;
(j) "licencee" means the grantee or holder of a licence;
(k) "network termination point" means any point of termination on a telecommunication
system at which terminal equipment may be connected;
(l) "National Telecommunication Corporation" means the corporation to be established under
section 41;
(m) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(ma) “Private Right of way” means the right of way which is owned, managed, maintained or
repaired by any one other than a public authority;
1[(mb) “public Authoriy”, in relation to right or way, means the local authority, corporation,
provinciasl or Federal Government or any other public body which owns that right of way
or which is responsible for its maintenance, repair or management;
(mc) “Public Right or way” means the right of way which is owned, managed, maintained or
repaired by a public authority;]
(n) "public switched network" means a telecommunication system which allows intelligence
to be switched between members of the public;
1 Ins. and subs by Act II of 06, s. 2.
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