universal service obligation

  • 1universal service obligation — noun (in Australia) the requirement that universal service providers make their services reasonably accessible to all citizens on an equitable basis wherever they may live. Also, USO …

  • 2Universal service — is an economic, legal and business term used mostly in regulated industries. Originating in the telecommunications sector of the United States, universal service refers to the practice of providing a baseline level of services to every resident… …

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  • 3United States Postal Service — This article is about the government agency. For individual post offices, see U.S. Post Office (disambiguation). For the cycling team, see Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. USPS redirects here. For the non profit boating safety and education… …

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  • 4Universal pragmatics — Universal pragmatics, more recently placed under the heading of formal pragmatics, is the philosophical study of the necessary conditions for reaching an understanding through communication. The philosopher Jürgen Habermas coined the term in his… …

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  • 5Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service — The Indian Post Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service (also known as IP TAFS) is a Group A Central Civil service of the Union of India. The service was started in the year 1972 for prudent and professional management of the finances of… …

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  • 6Universal Declaration of Human Rights — Eleanor Roosevelt with the Spanish version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. C …

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  • 7Obligation — • Defined in the Institutes of Justinian as a legal bond which by a legal necessity binds us to do something according to the laws of our State Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Obligation     Obligation …

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  • 8Universal National Service Act — HR393 redirects here. For the star (43 Ceti), see List of stars in Cetus. H.R. 163 redirects here. For the star (30 Andromedae), see Epsilon Andromedae. The Universal National Service Act is the name of at least four bills proposed in the United… …

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  • 9Military service — For military service in the meaning of an army as a military defense organization, see Armed forces. For state mandated military service, see Conscription. For the feudal institution, see Knight service. Military service, in its simplest sense,… …

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  • 10social service — social service, adj. organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel. [1850 55] * * * Introduction also called  welfare service,  or  social work,         any of numerous publicly or privately provided… …

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