‘access’ means the making available of facilities or services to another undertaking, under defined conditions, either on an exclusive or a non-exclusive basis, for the purpose of providing electronic communications services, including when they are used for the delivery of information society services or broadcast content services; it covers, inter alia: access to network elements and associated facilities, which may involve the connection of equipment, by fixed or non-fixed means (in particular this includes access to the local loop and to facilities and services necessary to provide services over the local loop); access to physical infrastructure including buildings, ducts and masts; access to relevant software systems including operational support systems; access to information systems or databases for pre-ordering, provisioning, ordering, maintaining and repair requests, and billing; access to number translation or systems offering equivalent functionality; access to fixed and mobile networks, in particular for roaming; access to conditional access systems for digital television services and access to virtual network services;
ciallaíonn 'rochtain' saoráidí nó seirbhísí a chur ar fáil do ghnóthas eile, faoi choinníollacha sainithe, ar bhonn eisiach nó neamheisiach, chun seirbhísí cumarsáide leictreonaí a sholáthar, lena n-áirítear i gcás ina n-úsáidfear iad chun seirbhísí na sochaí faisnéise nó seirbhísí craolacháin inneachair. cuimsítear leis, inter alia: rochtain ar eilimintí líonra agus ar shaoráidí gaolmhara, lena bhféadfaidh ceangal trealaimh a bheith i gceist, trí mhodhanna fosaithe nó neamhfhosaithe (áirítear anseo go háirithe rochtain ar an lúb logánta agus ar shaoráidí agus ar sheirbhísí atá riachtanach chun seirbhísí a sholáthar thar an lúb logánta); rochtain ar an mbonneagar fisiceach lena n-áirítear foirgnimh, duchtanna agus crainn; rochtain ar chórais bogearraí ábhartha lena n-áirítear córais tacaíochta oibriúcháin; rochtain ar chórais faisnéise nó ar bhunachair sonraí maidir le réamhordú, soláthar, ordú, cothabháil agus iarrataí deisiúcháin, agus billeáil; rochtain ar aistriú uimhreach nó ar chórais lena dtairgtear feidhmiúlacht choibhéiseach; rochtain ar líonraí fosaithe agus móibíleacha, go háirithe le haghaidh fánaíochta; rochtain ar chórais rochtana coinníollaí le haghaidh seirbhísí teilifíse digití agus rochtain ar sheirbhísí líonra fhíorúil;