Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00366:reg:15:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00366
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15 (pt 5/8)
Character Range: 19963–22809

section 49.
national and international operator call connection service means an operator service provided to assist a customer in making national and international calls.
number portability means the right of a customer receiving a service in relation to a portable number to change the carriage service provider involved in providing the service, the carrier network involved in providing the service, or both, and retain the same telephone number.
operator service means a carriage service provided by an operator or by means of:
 (a) an automated voice response system; or
 (b) another technology‑based system.
optional service: see subsection 33(1).
originating access carriage service provider means a carriage service provider that provides access for connection by a customer to outgoing carriage services.
paging service means a carriage service with which an end‑user initiates signals or messages to be sent to a portable wireless receiving unit at which the signal is received, or on which the message is displayed.
portable number means an allocated number that is used in connection with the supply of a portable service.
portable service means:
 (a) a local service; or
 (b) a freephone service; or
 (c) a local rate service; or
 (d) a public mobile telecommunications service other than a satellite telephone service.
ported, in relation to a number issued to a customer for a portable service, means that the carriage service provider or the carrier network involved in providing the service, or both, is changed while the customer continues to receive a portable service using the number.
premium rate number: see section 26.

premium rate service means a carriage service that is:
 (a) charged at a premium rate, independent of content or delivery technology; and
 (b) provided for receiving incoming calls but cannot be used for making outgoing calls.
Note: A premium rate service often provides information to a caller or allows the caller to provide information.
premium SMS or MMS service means:
 (a) a carriage service supplied by way of a call to a number beginning with "191", "193", "194", "195", "196", "197" or "199"; or
 (b) a content service supplied by way of a call to a number beginning with "191", "193", "194", "195", "196", "197" or "199".
preselection verification service means an operator service provided to a customer to enable identification of the carriage service provider that is preselected for a standard telephone service.
primary universal service provider has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.
private numbering scheme means a feature, offered as part of a carriage service, by which:
 (a) a customer of a carriage service provider may establish a series of numbers intended for use by a select group of telephone users; and
 (b)