the obligation placed upon one or more operators to provide universal service - usually the provision of basic services, in particular telephone service. Uneconomic universal service obligations means the provision of such services to those users whom the operator would not serve if it were to apply its normal commercial criteria of profitability (context: telecommunications)., üldkasutatava telefonivõrgu operaatori kohustus rajada juurdepääsuvõrk ja tagada universaalteenuse osutamine