Bottom-up Model

 

Technical-economic model which calculates the network cost considered to be efficiently designed in terms of topology, technology, etc. It is used to calculate the cost of services, based on the cost of separate network elements required for the provision of the specific services.

 

  Ε-Spectrum

 

Electronic application for the submission of radio spectrum use applications for the needs of the Olympic Games, published on the ATHOC site. Through this application, interested radio frequency users could be informed about the applicable radio frequency licensing regime, submit their applications and follow up processing on the Internet.

 

  Fly Away

 

Easily transported equipment that allows rapid satellite connection in distant areas for data, sound and image transmission.

  GSM-Gateways

 

Terminal devices connected to call centers for the purpose of transforming fixed to mobile calls into mobile to mobile calls. This transformation is achieved using SIM cards installed in the GSM-gateways.

 

  Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO)

 

see Model

  Reference Unbundling Offer (RUO)

 

The reference document used as a basis for the contract signed for LLU provision by OTE to other providers. This document is released by OTE and approved by EETT.

 

  Top-down model

 

Costing model based on actual cost. The calculation of cost of various services is based on the costs recorded in the operator accounting system and actuarial costing information (measurements data, labor times, etc) . This model allocates the total cost to the basic services of the network, in order to subsequently calculate the cost of the various advanced services as well.

 

  Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT)

 

Station terminals with small aperture antenna.

  Wireless Fidelity (Wi- Fi)

 

Wireless local network, which uses radio frequencies to transmit and receive data, based on the ΙΕΕΕ 802.11 standards group.

 

  Qualified Certificate

 

Electronic certificate which connects electronic signature data with a person and verifies identity., Moreover, it is issued under particular circumstances in order to be equally valid with standard signature.

  Market failure

 

The lack of effective competition in a market.

  Secure devices

 

Hardware owned exclusively by the person signing electronically. Through these devices the uniqueness and the secrecy of the electronic signature are ensured.

 

  Free call

 

Call for which the caller is not charged.

 

  Individual Courier Agreement

 

Agreement made between the postal undertaking and the user for the urgent transfer of one or more postal items. The agreement states the terms and conditions on which the postal undertaking assumes the movement of the postal item.

 

  Geographic Numbers

 

The numbers whose prefix denotes the geographic location of the number holder.

 

  Total Presumable Productivity Index   (TPPI)  (for the Universal Postal Service)

 

The percentage change of the produced volume of services less the percentage change of the respective operating expenses required for the provision thereof.

The TPPI is based on the comparison of time change in the production volume of an undertaking and the respective change in required resources, namely operating expenses for the relevant production. The advantage of the TPPI application is that the effective management of an undertaking is evaluated in its whole in terms of the work produced, following a comparison with historic data as well.

 

  Dispatch

 

The service in which one of the two contracting parties dispatches a call from the network of the other party to a third party network

 

 

The physical and logical connection of telecommunications networks of the contracting parties in order to provide users with the ability to communicate with each other or with users of a third party or have access to services provided by a third party

 

  Retention Fee

 

It is related to calls originated from the fixed telephony network of Provider A and terminated to the network of another Provider B (fixed or mobile).

In these cases, the retail price charged by Provider A consists of two parts. The first is the call termination fee, as specified by Provider B and paid by Provider A to Provider B. The other part is a fee corresponding to the transfer cost of the call to the network of Provider A (up to the interconnection point). This specific part of the charge, retained by Provider A, is the retention fee.

 

  Satellite Services

 

Services whose provision is based in whole or in part on the installation and operation of earth satellite stations networks. These services include as a minimum radio link via earth satellite stations with the space part (uplinks) and radio link between the space part and earth satellite stations (downlinks).

 

  National Incoming Traffic

 

The total traffic terminating to a Provider network, originating from the networks of other domestic fixed or mobile telephony Providers.

 

  National Outgoing Traffic

 

The total traffic originating from a Provider network, terminating to the networks of other domestic fixed or mobile telephony Providers.

 

  National Radio Frequencies Registry  (NRFR)

 

Database including all radio frequencies assigned at national level

  National Voluntary Accreditation Scheme

 

The regulatory framework and procedures which specify the method of accreditation and the level of services provided by Electronic Signature Certification Service Providers (CSP) wishing to be accredited by EETT. Moreover, it refers the operating framework, the procedures and requirements to be met for the identification of agencies providing Voluntary Accreditation (VA) to interested CSPs.

 

  Special Urgent Dispatch of Postal Items

 

The dispatch of postal items with special handling, time and delivery characteristics, which are offered to users (of postal services) to meet their needs.

 

  Special Postal Items Special -Track and   Trace- System (PISTTS)

 

Information system for the tracking and tracing of postal items

  Frequency assignment

 

Authorization provided to a person already holding an Individual License, for the commencement of use of a specific radio frequency or a specific radio electric channel by a radio electric station, at a particular position and with particular technical characteristics, according to the conditions described in the Individual License.

 

  Comprehensive Directory

 

The directory including fixed and mobile telephony numbers of all Providers’ subscribers

 

  Dependent Stations (in satellite services)

 

Earth stations whose access to the space part is made under the control and surveillance of an infrastructure station

 

  Earth Infrastructure Stations (in satellite  services)

 

Earth stations with control and monitoring devices, constituting the cores for the provision of satellite services. Examples of this category are radio-television broadcasting stations, HUB stations in VSAT TDM/TDMA network, etc.

 

  Carrier Selection

 

The option offered to OTE subscribers to perform calls through another Provider by dialing a special 4-digit or 5-digit Carrier Selection Code before the desired number. The specific Carrier Selection code is assigned to the specific Provider.

 

  Dispute Resolution Committee (in the postal services sector)

 

Special committee convened for the resolution of disputes arising between a postal undertaking and users. The Committee meets with the responsibility of the postal undertaking, with the necessary participation of a users representative, while the concerned user (consumer) may also attend.

 

  Authorized Carrier (AC)

 

A carrier performing the necessary control to ascertain compliance or non-compliance of a Certification Service Provider (CSP) to the Voluntary Accreditation (VA) criteria. The AC is selected by the CSP from a list of carriers designated by EETT.

 

  Private Accreditation Authority

 

The hardware/ software and the necessary infrastructure for the issue and management of certificates that are exclusively used for the internal needs of an organization.

 

  Historic Cost

 

The amounts paid by the Provider for the purchase of various fixed assets (e.g. active network equipment, plots, buildings, cables, computers, etc). This information is stored in the accounting records of the Provider and appear in the official accounting statements (balance sheets and operating results).

 

  Universal Service (US)

 

The right granted to postal services users, regardless of their location in the Greek territory, to permanently and affordably enjoy special quality postal services. The Universal Postal Service includes a) the collection, transport, sorting and distribution of postal items up to 2 kg, b) the collection, transport, sorting and distribution of postal parcels up to 20kg, c) services of registered mail and deliveries with declared value. The US includes both national and transboundary services.

 

  Universal Service (US)

  (in the telecommunications sector)

 

The provision of a fixed set of basic telecommunications services available to all citizens of Greece, regardless of their geographic location, at affordable prices.

 

  Mobile Service

 

Radio service between Mobile Stations and Land Stations or between Mobile Stations.

 

  Common Cost

 

The cost which is jointly assigned to various telecommunications services on a long-term basis. The identification of common cost is based on the minimum number of network elements required for full operation of the telecommunications network and the total number of network elements required on the long-run for full network operation.

 

  Long-run Incremental Cost (LRIC)

 

The long-run incremental cost of a service is the cost difference that results from the total cost when excluding all offered services cost except for the specific service.

 

It is one of the main approaches for cost calculation (costing models).

 

  Shared Access Service

 

A call whose cost is shared between caller and called, given that the charge does not exceed the maximum normal charge of a national call.

 

  Non - geographic Numbers

 

All numbers except geographic ones, namely the numbers whose prefix does not denote the geographic location of the holder.

 

  Long - Run Average Incremental Cost (  LRAIC )

 

It is the cost difference between the total provider cost and the cost that the provider will have when providing all of its services except for the specific service. (Costing method)

 

  Domain Names

 

An alphanumeric element which individualizes a computer connected to a network or group of computers connected to a network, according to the principles of the Internet Domain Name System.

 

  Interference

 

The result of an unwanted action due to one or more transmissions, radiations or inductions during reception to a radio system, demonstrated as any fall in performance, wrong interpretation or loss of information, which would have been received had this unwanted action not taken place.

 

  Fully Distributed Cost (FDC)

 

(costing method) It allocates all cost elements to the products using a number of appropriate algorithms.

 

  Carrier Preselection

 

The option given to OTE subscribers, if they so wish, to select as a default that Provider which will process one or more categories of calls (international, local, national and calls to mobile phones). This option eliminates the requirement to dial the specific 4 or 5-digit code, as in the case of Carrier Selection.

 

  Premium Rate Service

 

A call with charge higher than the maximum charge for the other geographic numbers in the country. Part of the increased charge is incurred by the called party which has been assigned the specific number.

 

  Certification Service Providers (CSP)

 

Individuals or legal entities or other carriers issuing certificates or providing other services, with respect to the Electronic Signatures.

 

  Radio equipment

 

Equipment which includes transmitter and/ or receiver and provides communication through radio waves with the use of spectrum.

 

  Radio location

 

The identification of the location, speed and other characteristics of an object with the assistance of radio electric wave dissemination properties

 

  Radio and Telecommunications Terminal  Equipment (RTTE)

 

 see Radio equipment, Telecommunications Terminal Equipment

 

  Significant Market Power (SMP)

 

An enterprise is considered to hold a Significant Market Power (dominant position), when it is holding financial power which enables it to operate to a great extent independently from the competition, the customers, and the consumers. (either individually or in collaboration with other enterprises)

 

  Accompanying Courier Note (ACN)

 

A form attached to the postal item and contains identification details.

 

  Termination Fees

 

The fee paid by a provider to another provider for call termination from the network of the first to the network of the second provider.

 

  Call termination

 

The telecommunications service where one of the contracting parties (that providing the service) terminates to its network a call coming from the network of the other contracting party.

 

  Telemetry

 

The use of telecommunications for the automatic indication or recording of measurements, performed at a distance from the measurement instrument

 

  Telecommunications Terminal Equipment

 

Equipment intended to be connected directly or indirectly by any means whatsoever to telecommunications networks (mobile telephony networks, public analog and digital telephony networks and data networks) used for the provision of publicly available telecommunications services

 

  Telecommand

 

The use of telecommunications for the transmission of signals with the aim to operate, modify or terminate the operations of a device from a distance

 

  Current Cost

 

Refers to the valuation of various assets of the enterprise, based on current prices in case of their replacement.

 

  Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO)

 

The reference document used as a basis for the Interconnection contract among OTE and other Providers. This document is released by OTE and approved by EETT.

 

  Radio Service

 

A service including transfer, transmission and/ or reception of radio waves for special telecommunications purposes.

 

  Universal Service Provider (USP)

 

The carrier assigned by the Greek State with the obligation to ensure provision of the Universal Postal Service. Hellenic Post (ELTA) is the current USP.

 

  Number Portability

 

The option provided to consumers to keep their telephone number when changing Provider.

 

  Charter of Obligations to Consumers (COC)

 

The undertakings providing postal services under a General Authorization must prepare a COC to include (a) description of characteristics of the provided service and the time limits within which it is provided, (b) information of users about prices, based on the data affecting them including expected improvement of service quality, (c) the Dispute Resolution Committee with the participation of a users representative and right of attendance for the interested user (consumer). The COC also contains all other necessary information in relation to the characteristics of the postal undertaking, the obligations and commitments to users, the management of postal items, user service and potential compensation.

 

  Digital Certificate

 

Electronic certificate (electronic file), which connects signature verification data with a person and ascertains identity.