GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30 NOVEMBER 2001 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 2001 No. 21889 5 Act No. 64,2001 by the insertion after the definition of “prescribed” of the following definitions: ‘private telecommunication network’ means a telecommunication system provided by a person for purposes principally or integrally related to the operations of that person and which is installed onto two or more separate, non-contiguous premises and where the switching systems (nodes) of at least two of these premises are interconnected to the public switched telecommunication network as contemplated in section 41; ‘public switched telecommunication networks’ means the telecommunication systems installed or otherwise provided, maintained and operated by a public switched telecommunication licensee for the purpose of providing public switched telmecommunication services; ‘public switched telecommunication services’ means the provision of telecommunication servicesto an end-user on a subscription basis or for a fee referred to in section 36; ‘public switched telecommunication service licence’ means alicence referred to in section 34(2)(u)(i);”; ( k ) by the insertion afterthe definitionof “radioapparatus” of the following definition: ‘radiofrequency spectrum licence’ means a licence referred to in section 30;”; (1) by the insertion afterthe definition of “regulation” of the following definitions: “ ‘resale’ means the provision of any public switched telecommunication service by means of telecommunication facilities which are obtained by the public switched telecommunication service licensee or underserviced area licensee in 0rde.r to sell such services to its customer, and “reseller” shall be construed .accordingly; ‘second national operator’ means the second holder of a public switched telecommunication service licence; .‘Sentech�� means Sentech (Pty) Ltd, a company established pursuant to the Sentech Act, 1996 (Act No. 63 of 1996);”; (m) by the insertion after the definition of “signal” o i the following definition: ‘small business’ (commonly referred to as an ‘SMME’) means a ‘small business’ as defined in section 1 of the National Small Business Actl 1996 (Act No. 102 of 1996);”; (n) by the insertion after the definition of “telecom.munication system” of the following definition: “teledensity” means the number of telephone lines per 100 persons; (0) by the insertion after the definition of “Telkom” of the following definition: ‘‘ ‘third generation telecommunication frequency licence’ means the radio frequency spectrum licence referred to in section 30B;”; and ( p ) by the insertion afterthe definition of “UniversalService Fund” of the following definitions: ‘value-added network service’ means a telecommunication service provided by a person over a telecommunication facility, which facility has been obtained by that person in accordance with the provisions of section 40(2) of the Act, to one or morecustomers of that person concurrently, during which value is added for the benefit of the customers, which may consist of(a) any kind of technological intervention that would act on the content, format or protocol or similar aspects of the signals transmitted or received by the customer in order to provide those customers with additional, different or re:structured information; (b) the provision of autho:rised access to, and interaction with, processes for storing and retrieval of text and data; (c) managed data network services; ‘voice over internet protocol’ means a series of techniques permitting transmission of a voice over the internet or through one or more telecommunication facilities using internet protocol.”. (j) . “ “ 5 10 15 20 25 30 “ “ 35 40