Definitions

Adult content shall mean legal content going beyond the content provisions.

Appeals shall mean appeals for religious communities or churches, funds, associations, foundations and institutions, etc. authorised under section 8A(2) or section 12(3) of the Tax Assessment Act (“ligningsloven”).

Application codes shall mean SMS-C or MMS-C short codes.

Content provider shall mean a provider of premium services and products.

A continuous subscription shall mean a subscription that does not have a termination date and which does not need to be re-ordered. A continuous subscription-type service carries on until the customer actively submits a termination request to the provider or sends an SMS to the content provider with a “stop” command containing the text “keyword STOP” or “STOP keyword”. The period of notice shall not exceed 30 days. The customer shall be expressly informed that the service in question is a continuous subscription-type service.

Bar code shall mean any type of barcode, 1D and 2D such as QR (Quick Response) that can be scanned by a mobile terminal after which the given content is received in the mobile terminal via an SMS, MMS, or by opening a web page. The use of bar codes such as QR codes are only covered by the Framework Agreement, if a scan directly results in communication via SMS or MMS by using the framework agreement application codes, and / or where the end user can pay for purchases of services or products via their mobile bill.

Digital content services shall mean services that are supplied in digital form to the telephone or other digital medium, for example ringtones, wallpapers, SMS polls.

A durable medium shall mean a medium with content that can be reproduced within a relevant period. The following media can be used as durable media: e-mails, letters, SMS messages or a web site that is locked for one year.

End user shall mean post-paid customers and pre-paid customers. In the case of post-paid, the end user is the adult customer with whom the mobile company has entered into a special agreement (subscription agreement). Post-paid customers are liable under the terms of the agreement and are liable to pay even if use of the mobile telephone has been transferred to a third party. In the case of pre-paid, the end user is the customer who owns a SIM card issued by the mobile company, and who can (re)load the SIM card with pre-paid talk time in accordance with the agreement with the mobile company. Pre-paid customers are liable under the terms of the agreement, even if use of the mobile telephone has been transferred to a third party.

The Executive Order shall mean the Danish Executive Order on the Provision of Communications Networks and Services (Bekendtgørelse om udbud af elektroniske kommunikationsnet og -tjenester), No. 714 of 26 June 2008.

MMS shall mean Multimedia Messaging Service in accordance with the 3GPP Technical Specifications, whereby a multimedia message can be sent and/or originated from compatible communications equipment connected to the systems of mobile operators.

MMS-C (Multimedia Message Service Centre, also called MMS-R, Multimedia Messaging Service Relay) shall mean the function used to exchange an MMS between mobile operators.

MMS MO (Mobile Originated) shall mean mobile originated MMS.

MMS MT (Mobile Terminated) shall mean mobile terminated MMS.

In the following, “mobile originated message” and “mobile terminated message” are used as generic terms for mobile originated SMS and MMS and mobile terminated SMS and MMS, respectively.

Mobile operator (operator) shall mean an enterprise with a licence to establish and operate a radio infrastructure for mobile communication in Denmark, or a mobile virtual network operator which has entered into an MVNO agreement with one of the above mobile operators.

Mobile company shall mean the company with which the end user has a customer relationship, and which handles payments via the mobile telephone bill and/or payments via mobile pre-paid solutions.

Payment services shall mean physical goods and services that are not supplied in digital form to the telephone or other digital medium, for example train or cinema tickets, vending machine purchases, magazines.

Premium charging shall mean the ordering of services and products with associated payment via SMS, MMS, WAP or other charging medium, with payment done via the mobile telephone bill. The mobile subscriber being liable for the payment due, or the payment being transferred using a mobile pre-paidmethod.

Product name shall mean a unique designation under the specific application code for premium services and products being ordered.

Service type shall mean the general category of a service. Examples include: polls, tickets, competitions, charitable appeals, vending machine purchases, etc.

Similar services shall mean services of the same kind offered by the same content provider on the same technical platform and advertised in the same medium.

SMS-C shall mean the function used to forward and store-and-forward an SMS message between mobile operators.

SMS MO (Mobile Originated) shall mean mobile originated SMS.

SMS MT (Mobile Terminated) shall mean mobile terminated SMS.

A subscription-type service shall mean a service that is not supplied as a stand alone service that immediately follows the purchase.

TI shall mean the Telecommunication Industries Association in Denmark (Telekommunikationsindustrien), Vesterbrogade 1C, 3., DK-1620 Copenhagen V, www.teleindustrien.dk.

WAP shall mean data received on a mobile terminal by means of the Wireless Application Protocol, which standardises the way in which mobile terminals can be used for Internet access.

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