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(b) a telephone or telegraph service carried on in terms of this Act;
“Hertzian waves” means electromagnetic waves of frequencies between ten kilohertz and
four hundred gigahertz propagated in space without artificial guide;
“implementation plan” means a plan referred to in section seventy-four;
“inspector” means a person appointed in terms of subsection (1) of section ninety-five to be
an inspector for the purposes of this Act;
“International Telecommunication Constitution” means the International Telecommunication
Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunications Union signed in
Geneva on the 22nd December, 1992, and the Regulations annexed thereto, or any other
international telecommunication convention or agreement to which Zimbabwe may be a
party and any regulations annexed thereto;
“international transit service” means a telecommunication service consisting in the
conveyance of sounds, visual images or signals which have been conveyed from, or are
to be conveyed to, places outside Zimbabwe;
“Internet service” means a telecommunication service consisting in the transmission by
means of satellite, telecommunication lines or electricity transmission lines of sounds,
visual images or signals between computer terminals located within and outside
Zimbabwe;
“letter” includes a letter packet, postcard, aerogram or telegram conveyed by post;
“licence” means a cellular telecommunication licence, a postal licence, a radio station
licence, a telecommunication licence or a private telecommunication licence, as the case
may be, issued in terms of section thirty-seven;
“licensee” means a person who holds a valid licence⎯
(a) issued to him in terms of section thirty-seven; or
(b) transferred to him with the approval of the Authority;
and any reference to a cellular telecommunication licensee, a postal licensee, , a radio
station licensee, a telecommunication licensee or a private telecommunication licensee
shall be construed accordingly;
“mail” means any article which is deposited in a post box for collection and conveyance by
post or which is being conveyed by post;
“mail bag” means any bag, box, basket, parcel, hamper or other container or covering in
which a postal article is conveyed, whether it does or does not contain a postal article;
“member” means a member of the Board;
“Minister” means the Minister of Transport and Communications or any other Minister to
whom the President may, from time to time, assign the administration of this Act; 4
“mobile station” bears the meaning assigned to that term in the First Schedule;
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Adapted to reflect re-assignment notified by Statutory Instrument 49/2003.