''quality of service” also known by acronym “qos” means the indicator of
performance of a network and of the degree to which the network
conforms to the stipulated norms;
“satellites” means a wireless communications services through receiver and
transmitter that orbits the earth;
“throughput or bandwidth utilization ” means the amount of data moved
successfully to and from the customer and to the nearest serving access
service provider node in a given period of time.
PART II
REGULATORY POWERS OF THE AUTHORITY
Power of the
Authority

Applicable
services

4. The Authority shall maintain control of all broadband services to
protect consumer interest and ensure fair and efficient use of the available
national resources by(a)
performing proper planning, allocations and monitoring of
scarce resources; and
(b)
performing and maintaining market survey for the usage
of
the services.
5.-(1) The broadband services shall include the following(a)
(b)

Registration

Quality
measurement
and control

provision of multiple services over single medium; and
broadband data information transmission scheme, as defined in
regulation 3.
(2) The Authority defines broadband speeds to be upstream or
downstream data flow of a minimum of 256 Kbps.
(3) The network services with data rate equal or more than 256Kbps
shall be referred to as broadband services.
6. Any licensee intending to provide broadband services shall register
with the Authority.
7.-(1) The licensee shall, within sixty days of the date of
commencement of broadband services, establish a quality measurement and
control system for the service which shall include those standards referred to
in regulation 8 and other parameters related to the standards of quality of
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