26Public access cordless telecommunications services

##### 26 Public access cordless telecommunications services (1) A telecommunications service that, but for paragraph 25(1)(a), would be a public mobile telecommunications service is a public access cordless telecommunications service unless: (a) the service is supplied by the use of facilities that include at least 2 fixed facilities (called base stations) each of which transmits and receives signals to and from customer equipment (called mobile equipment) that is: (i) used for or in relation to the supply of the service; and (ii) located within a particular area (called a cell); and (b) the service includes the functions necessary to do the following while the service is carrying a communication made to or from particular mobile equipment: (i) determine in which cell the equipment is located and cause the base station in that cell to transmit and receive signals to and from the equipment; (ii) when the equipment moves from one cell to another, cause the base station in the one cell to stop, and the base station in the other cell to start, transmitting and receiving signals to and from the equipment. (2) The regulations may provide that paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) must be disregarded in determining whether prescribed telecommunications services are public access cordless telecommunications services. (3) The regulations may provide that prescribed telecommunications services are not public access cordless telecommunications services. (4) The regulations may provide that the supply of prescribed equipment is not a public access cordless telecommunications service.