PART THREE GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR WHOLESALE NATIONAL ROAMING 6. Principles of Wholesale National Roaming Services 1) All agreements for Wholesale National Roaming shall be consistent with the general principles of transparency, non-discrimination, and lawful tariffs. a) Transparency: i. The Authority’s processes in reaching decisions related to Wholesale Roaming matters shall be open and transparent. ii. A Telecommunications Operator that the Authority has determined to have significant market power (SMP) in a relevant market for the provision of wholesale mobile access and call origination services, shall publish a Reference Offer for Wholesale Roaming (the “Reference Offer”) approved by the Authority. iii. The Authority shall publish an approved Reference Offer on its website and a Roaming Provider shall make it available to a Roaming Seeker free of charge. b) Non-discrimination: The terms and conditions for the provision of Wholesale Roaming shall be comparable to how a Wholesale Roaming service provider supplies Wholesale Roaming to its Downstream Operations, or to any other operator. c) Lawful tariffs: Tariffs for Wholesale Roaming shall be lawful in accordance with Article 45 of the Proclamation, this Directive, and any other applicable Directive adopted by the Authority, including the Telecommunications Lawful Tariff Directive. 2) Wholesale Roaming shall allow a subscriber of a New Licensee to have Mobile Communications Services when the subscriber is outside of the coverage area of the New Licensee’s cellular mobile network. Such service shall be regarded as reasonably equivalent to the service the subscriber experiences while located within the coverage area of the New Licensee. 7. National Roaming Period 1) Wholesale Roaming shall be offered to a New Licensee during a thirty-six (36)-month period following its commercial launch date.. 2) The National Roaming Period for a New Licensee may be extended beyond the thirtysix (36)-month period by mutual agreement between the parties and subject to the approval of the Authority. 8. National Roaming Coverage Area 1) Wholesale Roaming shall be provided in well-defined geographic areas and shall exclude those areas where the New Licensee has built its own cellular mobile network and is fully operatioal. 2) A New Licensee receiving Wholesale Roaming services shall not claim that such National Roaming Coverage Area contributes in any way to the New Licensee’s network roll out or coverage obligations set out in its license. 4