I A-3 another using leased circuits, or using international circuits to connect to an IXP abroad where domestic traffic can be exchanged. • LCA: Lesotho Communications Authority • LNBS: Lesotho National Broadcasting Service • LPO: Lesotho Post Office • LTA: Lesotho Telecommunications Authority • Mandated Wholesale Services. Services that a regulator may require an operator with significant market power to offer at regulated wholesale rates, such as leased line services or the resale of broadband services. • NGN: Next Generation Networks. A network that converges three separate networks - the PSTN voice network, the wireless network, and the data network (the Internet) - into a common packet infrastructure. This intelligent, highly efficient infrastructure delivers a host of new technologies, applications, and services that are more flexible, scalable and costefficient than services that have been offered in the past. • Private Broadcaster. A broadcaster owned and controlled by individuals or organizations that operates on a non-profit basis. • Public Broadcaster. A broadcaster that has traditionally been subsidised by Government or supported directly by viewers. In many cases, public broadcasters exercise complete editorial freedom. Increasingly, public broadcasters are taking on a mixed commercial model, sourcing funds through a mix of advertising and public monies. • QoS: Quality of Service • RIO: Reference Interconnection Offer. An offer that a regulator may require an operator with significant market power to make to competing operators, which contains a standardized set of prices, terms, and conditions on which the operator will interconnect, exchange traffic, and provide access to facilities. • SIMP: Significant Market Power. The ability of a market participant to operate independently of competitors and consumers. The existence of SMP is often a pre-requisite for government imposition of ex ante regulations of rates and services, which is necessary to protect consumers in the absence of competition. • Tele-centre. A public place where anyone can pay to use telecommunications services. These services include, but are not limited to, the Internet, email, fax, telephone service, and other electronic information services.