STAATSKOERANT, 24 JANUARIE 2014 No. 37261 Communication Workers Union Digital Audio Broadcasting Department of Arts and Culture Department of Basic Education Digital European Cordless Telephony Department of Higher Education and Training Department of Communications Department of Labour Department of Public Service and Administration Department of Posts and Telecommunications Digital Visual Broadcasting DTH Direct to home DTI Department of Trade and Industry DTT Digital Terrestrial Television Deregulation When a highly regulated broadcasting environment is reassessed and a number of rules and regulations are reduced, making it easier for interest groups other than the state to participate, own and control a broadcasting station. Duopoly A special type of Oligopoly. It is a market in which there are two producers of a commodity competing with each other DVB-T Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial ECD Early Childhood Development ECNS Electronic Communications Network Service Economies of scale Occurs when a single producer can supply the entire market at an average total cost of productions that is lower than what can be achieved by two or more firms; e.g. Eskom, Telkom Economies of scope Occur when there is a decrease in average total cost made possible by increasing the number of different goods produced ECS Electronic Communications Service ECTA Electronic Communication & Transactions Act of 2002 EDI Electronic Data Interchange - transfer of data from one system to another EIF Electronics Industry Federation CWU DAB DAC DBE DECT DHET DoC DoL DPSA DPT DVB Electronic Communication Encryption Communication made by means of a data message A mechanism for changing the broadcast signal in a systematic way so that the picture would be unintelligible without a suitable decoder. The procedure is highly mathematical and very secure. Encryption usually infers a higher degree of security than "scrambling", which is a simple rearrangement of parts of the signal according to some simple formula and it's therefore less secure. EE Employment Equity e-Skills Institute e-SI ETQA Education and Training Quality Assurance FCC Federal Communications Commission (USA-based) FET Further Education and Training (Colleges) Fleetcall Private company- one of two licensed to provide national radio trunking in South Africa FILM Film Industry Learner Mentorship Fixed Line Operator Fixed line operator "means Telkom and any other company that provides a licensed telecommunication service by means of a telecommunication system consisting mainly of fixed lines. FM Frequency modulation Foot Print The area of the earth's surface in which a particular satellite signal can be received. 95 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 99