PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Definitions In these Guidelines the following words and or phrases shall have the meaning assigned to them hereunder unless the context requires otherwise. All words and or phrases defined in the Telecommunications Act [CAP.72:03] shall have the meaning assigned to them under the said Act(a). Access – Means the technical feasible means of reaching network facilities/infrastructure for purposes of sharing network facilities/infrastructure. (b) Access Provider – Means any licensed telecommunications operator who owns or is in control of a facility or infrastructure access to which another licensed operator desires for purposes of infrastructure sharing; (c). Access Seeker – Means any licensed telecommunications operator desirous of sharing a facility or infrastructure owned or in the control of another licensed telecommunications operator; (d). Act – Means the Telecommunications Act [CAP.72:03] (e). Authority – Means the Telecommunications Authority established in terms of the Act. (f) Communications Laws - shall mean such laws as may regulate the provision of communication services including but not limited to the Telecommunications Act and / or the Broadcasting Act) (g). Facility or Facilities – Means the same thing as, and are interchangeably used with the term “infrastructure”; 7|Page