Article 46
1. The General Secretariat shall issue regulations, orders or notices to specify interconnection and access terms,
conditions and processes, including the types of interconnection and facilities access that shall be provided by one or
more service providers, and to facilitate interconnection and related access in accordance with its duties and
objectives pursuant to the Law.
2. The General Secretariat shall have the authority to determine and oversee compliance with the rights,
obligations, terms and conditions governing interconnection of telecommunications networks and access to
telecommunications facilities and telecommunications services, in accordance with the Law, this By-Law and any
regulations, rules, orders or notices issued by the General Secretariat and the License terms.
Article 47
Subject to any limitations that may be established concerning the types of service providers that are entitled to
interconnect, a service provider shall, upon receipt of a written request by another service provider licensed to
operate a telecommunications network, enter into good faith negotiations to reach interconnection or access
agreement in order to achieve the following objectives:
1. Connect and keep connected the telecommunications networks of both service providers.
2. Provide access to such telecommunications facilities, including but not limited to central offices and other
equipment locations, mast sites, towers, conduits, poles, subscriber access lines and underground facilities, as are
reasonably requested in order for the service providers to provide telecommunications service to their customers.
Any co-location of facilities shall also be subject to Articles 112 and 113 of this By-Law.
The parties shall have a period of sixty (60) days from date of receipt of the request for interconnection in which to
reach agreement. Where the parties are unable to reach agreement, either or both may apply to the General
Secretarial for resolution. The General Secretariat may issue interim orders before final determination. Service
providers and any other interested parties may at any time request the General Secretariat to clarify or interpret the
interconnection and access rights or obligations set out in the Law, this By-Law, any regulation, rule or order, or any
interconnection or access agreement. Decisions issued by the General Secretariat shall be binding.
Article 48
Articles 49, 50, 51 and 52 of this By-Law apply only to service providers designated by the General Secretariat as
Dominant Service Providers in one or more telecommunications markets relevant to interconnection and related
facilities access in accordance with Chapter 9 of the Law and Chapter 8 of this By-Law.
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