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CHAPTER IX INTERCONNECTION
PART 18
Interconnection
Contents of interconnection agreements
120. An interconnection agreement between public operators shall address all of the following matters
unless a particular matter is irrelevant to the specific form of interconnection requested:
(a)
the scope and specification of interconnection;
(b)
access to all ancillary or supplementary services or access to and use of premises or land
necessary to support interconnection;
(c)
maintenance of endtoend quality of service and other service levels;
(d)
charges for interconnection;
(e)
billing and settlement procedures;
(f)
ordering forecasting provisioning and testing procedures;
(g)
identification of the P01 or colocation;
(h)
the amount of interconnect capacity to be provided;
(i)
transmission of CLI;
(j)
provision of network information;
(k)
provision of information regarding system modernization or rationalization;
(I)
technical specifications and standards; (m) interoperability testing traffic management and
measurement, and system maintenance;
(n)
information handling and confidentiality provisions;
(o)
duration and renegotiation of the agreement;
(p)
provisions for the formation of appropriate working groups to discuss matters relating to
interconnection and resolution of any disputes; and
(q)
formal dispute resolution procedures
Nondiscrimination
121. Interconnection must be provided on a nondiscriminatory basis including but not limited to:
(1) the rates charged by an interconnect provider may net vary on the basis of the class of customers to be
served, or on the type of service s that the interconnecting operator intends to provide;
(2) interconnecting operators must receive treatment that is no less favourable than the treatment which the
interconnect provider affords to its subsidiaries its affiliates or other similarly situated telecommunications
service providers;
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