A 324 2003 No. 19 Registration of interconnection agreements. Communications 98.—(1) All interconnection agreements shall be registered with the Commission, by either or both parties thereto, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of execution thereof in accordance with Part VIII of Chapter V. (2) The parties shall furnish the Commission with any additional information that the Commission may require in respect of such interconnection agreement. (3) The Commission may, upon evaluating the terms and conditions and the charges set out in the interconnection agreement, require the parties thereto to revise the agreement if, in the Commission’s opinion, the agreement is inconsistent with this Act, the regulation or the interconnection guidelines or the integrity of the public network. Interconnection regulation and agreement. 99.—(1) The Commission shall make interconnection regulations which may specify but shall not be limited to model terms and conditions for interconnection agreements between service providers. (2) Matters which the interconnection regulations shall address include but are not limited to : (a) the time frame and procedures for negotiations and the concluding of interconnection agreements ; (b) quality and levels of service ; (c) rate methodologies ; (d) protection of intellectual property ; (e) protection of commercial information ; (f) provisioning of facilities ; and (g) sharing of technical information. Disconnection of interconnection. 100. Notwithstanding the terms and conditions of any interconnection, a party thereto shall not at any time and in any circumstance disconnect or discontinue interconnection to any interconnecting party without the prior written approval of the Commission. PART III—ACCESS Provision of access. 101.—(1) Subject to such exemptions as may be determined by the Commission and duly published, a network facilities provider and a network service provider shall provide access to their network facilities or network services listed in the access list to any other : (a) network facilities provider, (b) network services provider, (c) applications service provider, or (d) content applications service provider, who makes a written request for access to such network facilities provider or network service provider on reasonable terms and conditions.

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