law: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act,1997
  2. Definitions
  (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
  (a) "appointed day" means the date
  
  with effect from which the Authority is established under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 3;
   2  [(aa) "Appellate Tribunal"
  
  means the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal established under
  
  section 14;]
  (b) "Authority" means the Telecom
  
  Regulatory Authority of India established under sub-section (1) of section 3;
  (c) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson
  
  of the Authority appointed under sub-section (3) of section 3;
  (d) "Fund" means the Fund
  
  constituted under sub-section (1) of section 22;
  (e) "licensee" means any person
  
  licensed under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885
  
  (13 of 1885) for providing specified public telecommunication services;
   2  [(ea) "licensor" means the
  
  Central Government or the telegraph authority who grants a license under
  
  section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885;]
  (f) "member" means a member of the
  
  Authority appointed under sub-section (3) of section 3 and includes the
  
  Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson;
  (g) "notification" means a
  
  notification published in the Official Gazette;
  (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by
  
  rules made under this Act;
  (i) "regulations" means regulations
  
  made by the Authority under this Act;
  (j) "service provider" means the 3[government
  
  as a service provider] and includes a licensee;
  (k) "telecommunication service"
  
  means service of any description (including electronic mail, voice mail, data
  
  services, audio tax services, video tax services, radio paging and cellular
  
  mobile telephone services) which is made available to users by means of any
  
  transmission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence
  
  of any nature, by wire, radio, visual or other electro-magnetic means but shall
  
  not include broadcasting services:
   2  [PROVIDED that the Central Government may notify
  
  other service to be telecommunication service including broadcasting services.]
  
  
  (2) Words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but
  
  defined in the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (13 of 1885) or the Indian Wireless
  
  Telegraphy Act, 1933 (17 of 1933), shall have the meanings respectively
  
  assigned to them in those Acts.
  (3) Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in
  
  the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall in relation to that State be construed as
  
  a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in that State.