43 tal-1993

L.N. 4J 0( 1993

TELEMALT A CORPQRAT ION "Cl

(Cap.2S0)

Tt~phone ~"Ic.! (Amendment) Kq u18tlons, 1993

IN exerciK ofll'1e powenoonft rrcd by section 37 of the Tclcmalta

Corpor1ltioll A ct, the Board, with the approval of tne Minister for

Transpon and Communieations and wit h the COI1(UCTCnce of the

Minister of Fin ance. has made the following regulations: -

( I) These rClulalions may be ci led as Ilu~ Telepholle Service

(Amo;:ndmc:nt) Regulations. 1993 , and shall be read and m ostrucd as

one with the Telephone: ScrvK:e ReguJalions , 1972, hereinaftcrrcfcm,d

to as "the principal regulations" .

(2) These regulations shall be deemed 10 have oome ;010

force on the 3«1 Dece mber . 1991 .

For n:gulation 2 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted .he following

2. In these regulations. unl ess the con text otherwise

requires:-

"k("CJoS equipment" mearllO the _war. lus a nd aQ;:eSS

linels installed at the $ub$cribcr's premises 10 provide

intercommun ication belween Ihe subscriber's (lala

lerminal equ ipmenl (DTE) and Ihe Digi lal Dala

Network ;

*1(TeCSlineM meatu I physical pair of lines (wo rking

o r spire) ronncaing IlK- appara lus 11 \he §ubscriber'.

premises 10 a ~tlemaJ l a. Coryt:lralion Sil.t for providing

one o r mo re point-to· pOint d1gllal dala CIrcuits

M

*lgreemenl means an a$Tcement made by the

Chairman, Te~ mlJta Corporatton with any person for

tM provision of telephone 5ervKe under these

regularions;

Mbitls M o r ""bits per second" means the rate of

transfer of all info rmation, once it has been co nve rted

into bi nary code ;

Mcall forwardingM means call uansfer from o ne

phonc 10 another

Meall office M means a telephone service made

Ivailable by lhe OIairman. Telemalll Corporation to

Ihe public for Ihe pIIrpo5e of seooing and rcaiving

telepltonic messagcs and ineludes any building or pan of

H building housing sucb service

M

Mall waiting means signal given to subscriber of

another inroming caJl;

hChairman, Tclemal t~ Corporalionh includes any

officer of the TelemaJla Corporation authorised by the

Oalnnan. Telemal1a Corponllion 10 art o n his behalf;

~ooin box line" means an exchange lillC in Tespc:dof

tn.: Chairman . Tclemalta Corporation

call~ for which

requires a sum of money 10 be placed in a coin COllecting

box provided by him ;

Mcommon equipment" means the pan of the

subscribe r's multiplexer (S- MUX) which provides tbe

functions IlOl performed by the high speed modem and

the low speed channels;

"oooference call " means

slmullanwUll

00II-

vcrsation between three penons;

"cordleM ICJepbonc " means. telephone terminal

conl1«ted to an exchange line o r an extension li ne and

integrated with or accompanied by a normaltclephone

set; il consilits of two pam whieh are ODDn«Ied by •

radio link ; a foxed part and a portable part , permilling

the I./UllC basic functions as a normaltclephone set within

a limited area around the fixed part ;

"CUG" or "Closed User Group~ means tile facili ty

which allows subscribers woo are members of tile JTOlIP

to intercommunicate freely acr055 the Padet Switching

Network , bu t bars.1I other ca lls to or from tbe &Toup;

" Data T erminal Equipme nt (D"ffi)~, wi th

refe re nce' to the Digi tal Data Network , means the

subscriber's equipment o r a ppar1lrus connected to •

poi nt-to-point digital data cirroit ;

" dial_up !IOO!'I!'~ melns using a telephone and the

Pu blk Switched Telephone Network to gain accc5ilto the

PAD in the Packet Switching Network ;

"Digi tal Da ta Network~ means the transmission

equipment provided by Telemalta Corporation , both at

tbe subscriber's premi:se$ and at iu own sites, used to

provide point-to-point digital data circuits;

"disabled applican t~ means . person suffering from

hearing , sigh t , v<>iu or de~terity impairm ent ;

"exchange line~ means a circuit provided IS part of

an installation for the purpose: of keeping that

installation in connection witb a telephone exchange

M

Mnlcrnal exlension means an exte nsion olher than

an internal extension;

Mhigh speed modem~ means tbe pan of the

subso;riber's multiplexer (S·MU X) which (moslers data

al high speed between tile S-MUX and the rest of the

Digi lal Data Network

Mhigh speed NTUM me"ns an NTU whieb can

Iran ,fer data al a high er speed Ihan Ihal of a lo w speed

NTIh

Mho! Iinc::M If\e&n$ point-to-point line, which is

activated if a subscriber does not dial a telephone

number with in B few seroods

Mhouse uchangc system- melOns an installation

comprising a number of sta lioos each capable of being

telephonically con nected wilh th e ot hers o r with an

exchange Iinc:: by the operation of press bullons and

indudes any ipC:cial extension provided alii part thereof;

- installation" means equ ipmen t or appa ratus

provided by the Chairmllll , Telernalta Corporation to a

subscriber as a means of Iclephooc communication

wholl y or in part through the medium of the public

telephone system , and indudes any lubliidiary o r rel at ive

equipment Or apparatus;

Mintemal exten~ion ~ means an extension (Onn«ting

points in a self contained premises wi thin the sa me

buildin, o r within two o r lIIOfe se pa rate buildings

connected together by means of a tunnel o r other

covered means of access;

Mlcased line w means a point-to-poirt line wben the

terminal equipment is provided and maintained by tile

subscriber orwhen telex andfortelegrapbieequipment is

terminated on il ;

"logical channel M means an appauntly continuous

path of communication to or from a packet mode

terminal whereby tile number of sim ultaneous

communications possible o n tbat lerminal is Ihe same as

Ihe number of logical channels;

" Iow speed channel " mea ns Ihe part of Ihe

$Ub5cribeT's multiplexer (S-M UX) which lenmnalCS OM

point -Io-poinl digital data circuit to Ihe sub5criber'l data

lerm inal equipmenl ( DTE);

"low speed "TU" means an N'nJ with a muimum

speed of96OCl bitls;

"modern" mea M a device req uired 10 con ... e rt Ihe

si,"als from a lerminal into a form which ma y be

tra nsmitted o .... ecci ... ed across a spc«h quality line ;

-network usage- means the fixed all(l(lltion of a

portion of the Digital Data Network 10 a poi nt-tO-point

digital dilla circuit;

~NTU- Or M

Nctwork Terminating Unit"

means a

dcvke provided by Telemall& Corporation and installed

little subscriber's premises which termina les one point·

to-point digital data circuit and converts signals (rom a

lubscriber's data terminal equipment (DTE) inlO a form

which may be transmitted over an nett" line;

MNUA " or - Network User Addreu- means I

unique numerical code by whidl each terminal on the

Packet Switclling Network is identified;

- NUI- or - NeIWOn. User Identification- means I

network user identification code allocated to diaL-up

iM v subscribers, the rode having 10 be quoted on each

occasion before caUs may be made ;

- octet" means 8 consecutive bits of use r data , such

as character

- packet" means a group of binary digits, includi ng

data and caU control signals, which is switched as I

comJlO$ite whole, the data, call control signal5 and

possibly error control information being arranged in I

specified format

"PAD" or "Packet Assembly/Disass.emblyM meal\!

an apparatus whose function is 10 permi t Mm' PKket

mode terminals to exchange data in the packet mode ;

"permanent vinual circuitM meal\! a permanent

awxiation existing between two data terminals , nocal!

set·up or dearin, procedure being possible or

neo:essary;

"person incllKlc:s !lily body corporate and any body

M

of penons whether having a legal personality distinct

from that of its memben or not ;

"point-to-point digital data circuil" means a fIXed

point·to-poi nt connection for the purpose of

transmilling data signals over the Digital Data Network;

"po n " means the point at which signals from I

termin al cnter and leave the PAD of the Packet

Switching Networlr. ; H also applying to communication

processon generally;

" private bnlnch exchange" melll$ switch,ng

appBnllus designed to provide intercommunication

between exte nsions connected with that appalatus and

betwee n these extensions and exchange lines . bUI does

nol include a houK uchange: syste m

"private man ual brarn:h eJtchange" means a private

bra nch exchange the whole of which is manually

open lcd;

Mrenta\sR lTK'ans any charge: in raped of any

installation or leased line, which is fIXed by or under

these regulations o r by agreement , lIS the case may be,

and which is payable periodicaLly;

"scgmenl~ means the uni t lIKd for charging for the

volume of information tn.~illcd in a pact.el-swilched

service, o nc scgmCnI heing0-64 octe~ of data;

M§tation", in relation to a house exchange system,

means a telephone capable of being connected wilb an y

of the other telephones comprised in the system or with

an exchange Line by the operation of pres5 buttons

Msubscribet" means a person on whose appl ication

the CIuIirman , T eLemalla Corpontion provWes

telephone !l'ervice by means of an innallatioo under IheK

regulations or under an agreemen t;

Msubscribcr multiplexe r (S-M UX)~ means I device

provided by T demaha Corporot ion and installed at the

subscribe r', premises which terminates multiple point-

to-point digital data circuits and conve n s lignals from I

subscribe r's data terminal equipment (DTE) into a fo rm

which may be tronsnUlted over an IOOC$I linc;

~s ubscriber's premises" means any premises in or o n

which an installation or I part of an installation b

si tuated being either premisc1 in the possession.

occupati on Or di rca COnlrol of the person who is the

subscriber in respect ofthe installation o r of a person fo r

whose u!le tbe in5tallation or pan thereof is provided on

the application of the subscribe r , o r premises connected

telepbotl ically with such premises as afo resaid by reason

of an extension

means a

~sync htonousJasynchronous oonvener~

device insta lled in a low speed NTU or an S· MUX low

~peed channd which enables the NTU or S- M UX low

~pced channel to tronste r asynchronOUS data bet~en

the subscriber'sdata terminal equipment (OTE) and the

Digital Data Network

-lelccaTC unit- means a telephone alarm s)'5tcm

co ns;.sti ng of a special telephone !;Ct with a se nsitive

microphone and loudspeaker. and a remote control

(pendant ) with o r without an active cord. enabling direct

access 10 a spceia li!;Cd con trol « nlrc;

M

~ teleplloDe exchange

means switching eq uipment

or apparatus which forms pan of the public telephone

.~tem and includes the building or vehide housing such

equipment or lPJ)'rall1$;

kte lephnne servi(:CM means the enjoyment ofmeans

of telephonic communication ;

Mlermina) M, with re ference to the Packet Switching

Service, means I remote data input/output device that

can beoonncc:ted to the Packet Switching Network ;

-vinual

ti l'C\litM

means

an

apparent

comm unications channel between two terminals ; in the

packet mode of operation, the pe riod of communication

between th e two terminals is determined from the time

of the eaU set-up procedutc to the call clearing

procedure;

"X2S Terminal sub$criber" me&O$ a sub$criber

equipped with a terminal which is capable o f forming its

Own packets and interacting dir~'tl y with the nelw(lrk;

" X28 Termina l subscriber M means a subscriber

equipped with a lerminal which is only capable of

$Cnding and receiving characteR and thus requite$

assistance from. a PAD in Ofikr to _ mble and

di • • .,emble pack~u ,

ft,

l . Immediately after the Eighth &hedule to the principal Addi "'in,b

regulations there sh all be added the following new &hedule:~

" NINTH SCHEDULE

Installation Charga

F~ eaeh a«CM line installed at su bscriber's premises

Ace-P' EqulprnrcnlCh.aI'p1

(raluperannum)

.. , ....... , " ' , " ' , " " " ' , ............ ,

AccessUne

" """"""""',

(b)

LowSpccdN .T ,U.

120G'2400 bitl$ .......... ..................................... .

48tX)bills ...................................................... .

9600 bills ......................................... .... .. .. ..... .

(d)

Synchl'l)O()ll$lAsynchronous Conven er ........................ .

High Speed N.T .U . 64 Kbills

NElwortl Uuce Charaes

(nlles per . Anum applicable on. per circuit bal;is)

N ,T , U . orS·M UXCon neclion~

1200 bitls .................................................. .

2400 bills .......................................... ........ .

4800 bitls ..... , .. ,',.,', ................................... .

9600 bitls ........ ........................... ............... .

Kbitls ........................................ ........ .

(b)

Modem Connections

Connection of mode m [0 lhe Digital Data Network