2. Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Act” means the Telecommunications Act;
“assigned frequencies” means the frequencies granted by the Minister in a frequency authorisation pursuant to section 35 of the Act;
“bandwidth” means the width of a communication channel;
“direct sequencing spread spectrum” or “DSSS” means a transmission technology where a data signal at the sender station is combined with a higher data rate bit sequence or chipping code, that divides the user data according to a spreading ratio;
“Family Radio Service” or “FRS” means a radio service used by family, friends and associates to communicate within a limited geographical area of less than a mile radius;
“Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum” or “FHSS” means a transmission technology where a data signal is modulated with a narrow band carrier signal which hops in a random but predictable sequence from one frequency to another as a function of time over a wide band of frequencies;
“frequency pair” means a pair of transmit and receive frequencies used in semi-duplex or duplex operations;
“licensee” means a telecommunications provider, who is licensed to operate a telecommunications network, provide telecommunications services or operate telecommunications equipment within Saint Lucia;
“person” includes any corporation, either aggregate or sole, partnership or association, undertaking, club, society or other body of one or more persons and includes an individual;
“repeater” means a device that amplifies, reshapes or retimes an input signal;
“reporting year” means an annual period for which financial reports are accepted by the Commission;
“spread spectrum” means a modulation technique used in wireless systems employing direct sequence, frequency hopping or both, which can be used for multiple access, multiple functions or both;
“Studio to Transmitter Links” or “STL” means communication links used for the transmission of broadcast material from a studio to the transmitter using a single transmission frequency;
“type approval” means the type approvals specified in the Schedule to the Telecommunications (Terminal Equipment and Public Network) Regulations, Cap. 8.11;
“value added services” means a communication facility that uses the network of an individual licensee for the transmission and provision of extra data features with separate equipment.