1.1. In this General Terms and Conditions of Service or any of the Specific Terms, the following words and expressions shall have the following meanings:
“Account“ | means a Subscriber’s account created with the Service Provider for provision of any Service; |
“Add-Ons” | means any additional product or service purchased by the Subscriber to supplement their Plan including but not limited to Data Add-Ons, Data roaming, any value added services offered by the Service Provider; |
“Activation/Activated” | means the point in time when the said Service is Activated by the Service Provider. |
“AITI“ | means the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam; |
“Authorised Centre” | means any commercial establishment, place or branch of the Service Provider as listed on https://dst.com.bn/branches/where its Services are made available; |
”Authority” | means any Local Government, quasi-government authorities, departments, statutory bodies, state corporations or other bodies (including but not limited to any corporations or private agencies licensed with authority) under any written law in Brunei Darussalam to exercise its rights or jurisdiction in connection with or affecting the enforcement of the Terms and/or any matter arising out of the Terms; |
”Bill” | means any bill including an eBill, invoice or statement issued by the Service Provider for any charges, fees or sums due or payable to the Service Provider or for the Subscriber any Account; |
“Brunei Dollar” | means the lawful currency of Brunei Darussalam; |
“Bundle” | means any additional products, services including but not limited to devices, data, minutes that is packaged or also known as Contract Plan; |
“Business Day” | means a day (other than Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in Brunei Darussalam) on which banks are generally open in Brunei and “Business Days” shall be construed accordingly’; |
“Business Hours” | means the business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Thursday, Friday from 8:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m and 2.30pm to 5:00 p.m (excluding public holidays); |
“Contract Plan” | means any postpaid plan for mobile (MOBI) plan, mobile wireless (FREEDOM), fixed broadband plan (INFINTIY) or any other contract plan provided by the Service Provider in a Bundle that includes a leased device subject to a minimum mandatory term; |
“Credit Balance” | means the remaining amount of EASI credit available on any Prepaid mobile Plan; |
“MyDST” | means the DST application available on mobile or website with features that enhances Subscriber’s all-in-one access to DST’s products and/or services; |
“MyDST Account” | means the MyDST account registered under the Subscriber’s name which may be used on MyDST; |
“eBill” | means the electronic Bill sent by the Service Provider to the Subscriber via email, Platform or the electronic medium deemed appropriate by the Service Provider; |
“eSim” | means a form of SIM (embedded SIM) built into a digital device to replace the traditional SIM Card and cannot be removed, eliminating the need to carry around a physical SIM Card; |
“Equipment” | means any electronic device or equipment owned, provided, operated, installed and/or hired out by the Service Provider in relation to the Service, and does not include the handset devices leased as part of any Contract Plan; |
“Fair Use Policy” | means the fair use policy published on https://www.dst.com.bn/ of which may be updated by the Service Provider from time to time; |
“Fees and Charges“ | means the fees and charges in connection with the provision of any Service upgrade or downgrade of plans, price of Equipment and/or Add-Ons |
“General Terms“ | means this General Terms which stipulates the primary terms and conditions prescribed or imposed by the Service Provider which includes any schedules, annexures and/or appendices referred herein; |
“Force Majeure“ | means an event in the occurrence of which the Service Provider is unable to control or avoid by the use of reasonable diligence, including but not limited to acts of God, natural disasters, requirements of any governmental or regulatory authority, war, national emergency, acts of terrorism, accident, fire, lightning, equipment failure, cyberattacks (including any type of offensive manoeuvre that targets computer information systems, infrastructure, computer networks or personal computer devices), computer software or Software malfunction (including due to malicious software programmes), interception of online communication, identity theft, electrical power failure, faults, interruption or disruption of the network of the Service Provider or of the Subscriber’s equipment, equipment of any third party, riots, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes (whether or not involving the Service Provider’s employees) or epidemics of infectious diseases; |
“General Terms” | means this General Terms and Conditions stipulating the primary terms and conditions prescribed and imposed on the Subscriber by the Service Provider including any schedules, annexures or appendices referred herein; |
“Law” | means any and all applicable legislation, laws, regulations, codes, rules or rulings, or any form of decision, requirements of any government, statutory, regulatory or any court with competent jurisdiction, whether in Brunei or elsewhere, as amended or modified from time to time, and to which a person or Subscriber is subject to. This includes but is not limited to the relevant Telecommunications Order of Brunei Darussalam; |
“Loss” | means any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, claims, costs, expenses, demands and actions; |
“MyDST Account” | means the DST account registered under the Subscriber’s name which may be used on MyDST; |
“Non-Contract Plan” | means any postpaid mobile plan, fixed broadband or any other contract offered by the Service Provider without additional obligations and/or minimum mandatory term; |
“Platform” | means an electronic medium which the Service Provider makes available its services, including but not limited to its website, portal, mobile application such as MyDST; |
“Plan” | means any Plan whether prepaid mobile (EASI), postpaid mobile (MOBI), mobile wireless broadband (FREEDOM), or fixed broadband (INFINITY) collectively or either of them as the context may require; |
“Pre-Paid Fees“ | means monies paid into an Account and credited to a Subscriber, from which Fees and Charges are deducted at the time of accrual without the issue of any Bill relating to those Fees and Charges; |
“Prescribed Rate“ | means an interest rate of two (2) percent per month; |
“Recharge Card” | means the coupon, voucher, card, soft pin or any other receipt which functions as a valid means to replenish the Credit Balance of any prepaid mobile Plan; |
“Registration Forms” | means the relevant application forms and/or documentations available for the Subscriber to submit and/or fill in, whether in hard copies or online via the respective Platform along with any supplementary information requested to process the Service requested; |
“Regulator” | means the relevant authority of the Service Provider including the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) or such other regulatory authority of the Service Provider as the case may be; |
“Service” | means any service (e.g. telecommunications, broadcasting or other service, supply, rental or installation of any equipment and any service comprised in a Subscriber Request) offered or provided by the Service Provider from time to time; |
“Service Agreement” | means an agreement between the Service Provider and the Subscriber relating to any Service or Equipment that the Subscriber subscribed for, including these General Terms, the applicable Specific Terms (if any) and any other terms which agreed with you from time to time; |
“Service Number“ | means any number or alphanumeric symbols or characters assigned by the Service Provider or selected by the Subscriber for the purpose of:
a) the provision to or utilisation by the Subscriber of any Service and/or Equipment; and/or including telephone number, mailbox number, e-mail or address, network user identity, password and circuit reference number; |
“Service Provider“ | means Datastream Digital Sdn Bhd including its successors in title and assigns, which contracts or agrees with the Subscriber to provide or make available that Service; |
“SIM Card“ | means a smart card inside a mobile phone or digital device, carrying an identification number unique to the subscriber and storing all necessary information, and preventing operation if removed; |
“Specific Terms“ | means any additional terms and conditions prescribed or imposed by the Service Provider stipulated under any subscription or application form or document of which the Subscriber is required to execute and/or accept whether electronically or in physical form, with respect to the provision of a particular Service offered by the Service Provider; |
“Submitted Material“ | means any content or material disclosed or provided by the Subscriber to the Service Provider through the Platform or by other official means as deemed appropriate by the Service Provider; |
“Subscriber” | Means the registered subscriber whether an individual or a company subscribing to any Service(s) offered by the Service Provider via a Subscriber Agreement; |
“Subscriber Agreement“ | means any agreement containing Specific Terms, any terms and conditions or otherwise, agreed between the Service Provider and the Subscriber relating to any specific Service or Equipment which primary terms and condition are always made pursuant to or in adherence with the General Terms; |
“Subscriber Request“ | means any request, order or instruction of the Subscriber to the Service Provider (whether with respect to any Service or otherwise); |
“Taxes“ | means all applicable taxes, duties, levies, and similar charges (any related interest and penalties) however designated, imposed under the laws of Brunei Darussalam or the laws of any jurisdiction outside Brunei Darussalam with respect to the provision of any Services or on any Fees and Charges or payment due or payable to the Service Provider from the Subscriber; |
“Terms“ | means the General Terms and Specific Terms collectively. |
1.2. The headings or titles to the clauses in the General Terms are to facilitate reference and shall not be referred to or relied upon in the construction of any provision of the General Terms.
1.3. Words denoting the masculine gender include where the context so admits the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa.
1.4. Words denoting natural persons include where the context so admits corporations and firms and vice versa.
1.5. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to Clauses stipulated herein are to be construed as references to the Clauses of the General Terms.
1.6. References to a statute or statutory provision includes a reference to that statute or statutory provision and all statutory instruments or orders made pursuant to it, as from time to time amended, extended, re-enacted or consolidated.
1.7. Any reference to “law” shall be construed so as to include, without limitation, any Act, ordinance, statutory or municipal, rule, regulation, ruling, decree or order enacted, issued or decreed by the Legislative Council of Brunei, the Government of Brunei or any bureau, minister, agency, court, regulatory body, authority, legislative body or department thereof.
1.8. Where the context so requires, the words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto”, “hereunder” wherever used shall refer to the Terms as a whole and not to any particular provisions only.
1.9. The expression “month” shall be calculated to be a period from a specific day to and including the day immediately preceding the day corresponding to the specific day in the subsequent month or if there be no such day in such subsequent month, the last day of that month.
1.10. If the Platform or any Clauses under the General Terms does not provide for when a particular payment is due by the Subscriber, that payment will be due within seven (7) days of demand by the Service Provider.