Article 3. Basic concepts

The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

communication line — a set of devices, structures, and cable lines and/or radio lines that ensure the transmission and distribution of signals from a transmitter to a receiver;

domain name — a unique name assigned to an information resource or an information system, serving for their identification in the global information network Internet;

domain name system — the procedure for assigning, registering, and using domain names in the global information network Internet;

tariff plan — a set of prices and technical conditions provided by a telecommunications operator and a telecommunications services provider to users of telecommunications services for the use of one or more services;

inter-network connections — technological interaction of telecommunication networks of various telecommunications operators that ensures the transmission and reception of information between users of telecommunications services;

telecommunications — transmission, reception, and processing of information signals in the form of signs, texts, images, sounds, video, or other types using wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems;

telecommunication facilities (telecommunications infrastructure) — telecommunications equipment, telecommunications structures, cable lines, and systems that allow for their management;

telecommunications structures (passive telecommunications infrastructure) — buildings, devices, supports, masts, distribution boxes, cabinets, and others that ensure the implementation of telecommunications;

telecommunications operator (hereinafter referred to as the operator) — a legal entity that owns telecommunications infrastructure on the basis of ownership or other proprietary rights, ensures its operation and development, and provides telecommunications services;

telecommunications network — a set of equipment performing telecommunications, interconnected through communication lines or communication channels;

certification of telecommunication networks — a set of organizational and technical measures aimed at determining the compliance of the protection state of telecommunication networks with the requirements of national standards and regulatory legal acts in the field of information security;

numbering plan of telecommunication networks — the assignment of specific numbers between operators, telecommunications services providers, and user devices;