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== Definition ==
U.S. telecommunications law defines '''information service''' as:
 
   
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=== U.S. telecommunications law ===
:[t]he offering of a capability for generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, processing, retrieving, using or making available [[information]] via [[telecommunications]], and includes [[electronic publishing]], but does not include any use of any such capability for the management, control, or operation of a [[telecommunications system]] or the management of a [[telecommunications service]].<ref>47 U.S.C. §153(20).</ref>
 
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An '''information service''' is:
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{{Quote|[t]he offering of a capability for generating, acquiring, [[storing]], transforming, processing, retrieving, using or making available [[information]] via [[telecommunications]], and includes [[electronic publishing]], but does not include any use of any such capability for the management, control, or operation of a [[telecommunications system]] or the management of a [[telecommunications service]].<ref>47 U.S.C. §153(20).</ref>}}
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== Overview ==
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For example, [[e-mail]] and [[e-commerce]] are information services.
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Information services are not [[telecommunications services]].
   
 
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Latest revision as of 18:22, 14 September 2017

Definition[]

U.S. telecommunications law[]

An information service is:

[t]he offering of a capability for generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, processing, retrieving, using or making available information via telecommunications, and includes electronic publishing, but does not include any use of any such capability for the management, control, or operation of a telecommunications system or the management of a telecommunications service.[1]

Overview[]

For example, e-mail and e-commerce are information services.

Information services are not telecommunications services.

References[]

  1. 47 U.S.C. §153(20).