Defined in the law · EECC Art. 2(4)
Electronic communications service
In plain English
A service normally provided for payment over electronic networks: internet access, interpersonal communications such as calls and messaging, and signal transmission. Services that provide or edit the content itself are excluded.
The definition in the law
‘electronic communications service’ means a service normally provided for remuneration via electronic communications networks, which encompasses, with the exception of services providing, or exercising editorial control over, content transmitted using electronic communications networks and services, the following types of services: (a) ‘internet access service’ as defined in point (2) of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2120; (b) interpersonal communications service; and (c) services consisting wholly or mainly in the conveyance of signals such as transmission services used for the provision of machine-to-machine services and for broadcasting
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