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 1419 54 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TELECOMMUNICATION-APR. 8. 1938 [Translation] 1 General Radio Regulations (Cairo Revision, 1938) ANNEXED TO THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CONVENTION 49Stat.2393. (Madrid, 1932) ARTICLE 1 [1] Definitions §1 [2] Telecommunication: Any telegraph or telephone communication Deflnitions of signs, signals, writings, images, and sounds of any nature, by wire, radio, or other systems or processes of electric or visual (semaphore) signaling (see the annex to the Convention.) 49 tat. 21. [3] General network of telecommunication chaonels: The whole of the existing telecommunication channels open to public service, with the exception of the radio channels of the mobile service. [4] Radio communication: Any telecommunication by means of Hertzian waves (see the annex to the Convention). 49 Stt. 21. [5] Radiotelegram: Telegram originating in orintended for a mo- bile station, transmitted on all or part of its route over the radio channels of the mobile service (see the annex to the Convention). 49 tat. 24. [6] Telegraphy: Telecommunication by any system of telegraph sig- naling. The word "telegram" also covers "radiotelegram", except when the text expressly precludes such a meaning. [7] Telephony: Telecommunication by any system of telephone sig- naling. [8] Frequency assigned to a station: The frequency assigned to a station is the frequency occupying the center of the frequency band in which the station is authorized to work. In general, this frequency is that of a carrier wave. [9] Frequency band of an emission: The frequency band of an emis- sion is the frequency band actually occupied by this emission for the type of transmission and for the signaling-speed used. [10] Frequency tolerance: The frequency tolerance is the maximum permissible separation between the actual frequency of an emission I [The original proclamation does not include the translation.]

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