For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:(a) Board.— The Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico, which is the agency responsible for regulating telecommunications services in Puerto Rico, as is established in §§ 265 et seq. of this title, known as the 'Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act of 1996'.(b) Telephone company.— Any natural or juridical person that, whether partially or totally, directly or indirectly, possesses, controls, administers, operates, manages, supplies, or resells any telecommunications service in Puerto Rico.(c) Commercial entity.— Any natural or juridical person, or business establishment such as a pharmacy, gas station, department store, supermarket, etc., that sells prepaid cellphones.(d) Owner.— Any natural or juridical person that owns or controls a prepaid mobile telephone device.(e) Prepaid mobile telephone device.— Any telephone or other device used for telephone communication or to share information through a cellular network to which a telephone number is assigned and is activated through a telephone service provider; it includes interchangeable Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) that serve rough a cellular network to which a telephone number is assigned and is activated through a telephone service provider; it includes interchangeable Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) that serve to activate and connect the device to a network, when a telephone number is assigned thereto, whether they are purchased together with the device or separately. History —Dec. 27, 2011, No. 280, § 2, eff. 90 days after Dec. 27, 2011.
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