The SIM-Card Enabled Telecommunications Services Registration Regulation
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DEFINITIONS
1.1
Unless the context otherwise requires, any word, phrase or expression used in this Regulation
shall have the meaning given to it in Article (1) of the Legislative Decree No. (48) of 2002
Promulgating the Telecommunications Law, and the following terms and expressions shall have
the following meanings:
Term
Definition
Affected Licensee:
A Licensee that provides SIM-Card Enabled Telecommunications
Services.
Activation:
The process by which a SIM-Card Enabled Telecommunications
Service is enabled such that the Subscriber can access any SIMCard Enabled Telecommunications Services. The term “Activated”
shall be construed accordingly.
Approved Reseller:
A Reseller approved by the Authority in accordance with the
process set out under Article 12 and the Approved Reseller
Guidelines to assume the Affected Licensee’s obligations under
this Regulation solely in relation to offering SIM Cards to
Subscribers who are natural persons.
Approved Reseller Application:
Means an application submitted by an Affected Licensee in
relation to a prospective Approved Reseller and containing at a
minimum the information set out in the Approved Reseller
Guidelines to be issued by the Authority.
Approved Reseller Guidelines:
Means the guidelines issued by the Authority from time to time that
set out the criteria which the Authority will have regard to in relation
to the approval, conduct and obligations of Approved Resellers.
Authorised Signatory:
A natural person who is identified as an authorised signatory of a
Commercial Entity pursuant to its Commercial Registration.
The Authority
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Clear Scanned Copy:
A scan from an original Identification Credential that ensures that
all the details contained in that Identification Credential are legible.
For the avoidance of doubt a photocopy of an original Identification
Credential does not qualify as an original Identification Credential.
Commercial Entity:
Any entity which holds an active Commercial Registration Number.
Commercial Registration
The unique number on a Commercial Entity’s Commercial
Number:
Registration, as issued by the Ministry pursuant to the Commercial
Register Law (Legislative Decree Number 27 of 2015).
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