GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30 NOVEMBER 2001 No. 22889 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 200 1 3 Act No. 64,2001 but which specifically excludes the termination of international telecom- I munication services to end-users directly in the Republic; ‘carrier pre-selection’ means any facility by which subscribers to a telecommunication service can access the services of an interconnected national long-distance telecommunication operator and international 5 telecommunication operator;”; (b) by the insertion after the definition of‘Directolr-General’of the following definitions: ‘directories’ means a list (which may be made available in se arate parts and through different media) of customers of a designated licensee 10 or multiple licensees and their telephone numbers which are generally arranged in alphabetical order and not by reference to a description of the trades, professions or businesses carried on by those customers; ‘directory enquiry service’ means the provisilon of information contained in directories; 15 (c) by the substitution for the definition of “Eskom” of the following definition: “Eskom” means Eskom referred to in section 2(1) of the Eskom Act, 1987 (Act No. 40 of 1987), artd includes its subsidiaries.”; (d) by the substitution for the definition of “fixed line operator” of the following definition: 20 ‘fixed-line operator’ means [Telkom and] a holder of a licence to provide a public switched telecommunication service or any other person who provides a licensed telecommunication service by means of a telecommunication system consisting mainly of fixed lines, and ‘operashall tor’ be construed accordingly;”; 25 ( e ) by the insertion after the definition of “fixed-line operator” of the following definition: ‘fixed-mobile service’ means a service provided by the holder of a public switched telecommunication service 1:icence or an under-serviced area licence that permits a customer of the licensee to access the public 30 switched telecommunication network of the licensee and obtain telecommunication services from such licensee from either a fixed point or whilst in motion within the local exchange area, but shall not permit call 1 handover between cells.”; If) by the substitution for the definition of “interconnect” of the following 35 definition: ‘‘ ‘interconnect’ means [to link two] the ph,ysical or logical linking of telecommunications systems [80 that users of either] in order to enable any user of a system [may] linked to communicate with [users] g u s of, or utilise services providedby means of, [the] another system [or 40 any other telecommunication system]so limked, and ‘interconnection’ has a corresponding meaning;”; (g) by the insertion afterthe definition of “interconnect” of the following definitions: ‘international telecommunication service’ means a telecommunication 45 service (including any signal conveyed by means of the telecommunication system of such service) which( a ) originates in a telecommunication system intheRepublic and terminates in a telecommunication system in another country or vice versa; or (b) originates and terminates :in a telecommunication system in another 50 country but is conveyed via a telecommunication system in the Republic;”; ‘local access telecommunication service’ means a telecommunication service provided within a defined geographic area, comprising the 55 conveyance of signals(a) between any customers of the licensee within that area; and ( b ) to and from a customer of the licenseeand the network of any public service telecommunication licensee with whom thelicenseeis 60 interconnected at a point i.n that area, and include the installation, bringing into service, the maintenance and repair of the telecommunication network which is provided, maintained I “ P “ “ “ i