Similarly to the case of broadcasting, where the transmitted content does not fall within the definition of an electronic communications service, a distinction between a machine-to-machine service and its underlying transmission should be made.
Podobno kot pri radiodifuziji, pri kateri prenesena vsebina ne spada v opredelitev elektronske komunikacijske storitve, bi bilo treba razlikovati med storitvijo stroj–stroj in njenim osnovnim prenosom.