Electronic and Postal Communications (Interconnection) G.N. No. 425 (contd) connected to the system of another network licensee for routing of calls, SMS and MMS from one system to the other; “Reference Interconnection Offer” in its abbreviation “RIO” means a standardized interconnection offer that is consistent with interconnection agreement and contains the technical and commercial terms put in place by the Interconnection service provider. PART II INTERCONNECTION OF NETWORKS Rights and obligations of the operators to the interconnection 4.-(1) A network service licensee shall have an obligation to interconnect with the network of any other network service licensee in the United Republic . (2) A network service licensee shall have an obligation, on receipt of a request for interconnection from an interconnection seeker, to interconnect with the interconnection seeker at reasonable terms and conditions set out in the interconnection agreement. (3) The interconnecting parties shall have the rights to get information from each party in order to plan, establish or maintain the licensee’s networks, use that information solely for the purpose for which it was supplied and respect confidentiality of information transmitted or stored. (4) The interconnection provider shall be required to have in place a Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) available at the request of the interconnection seeker. (5) The RIO shall be prepared by the interconnection provider and submitted to the Authority for approval. Requests for interconnection 5.-(1) An interconnection seeker shall make a request in writing to the interconnection provider indicating the following(a) the type of interconnection required; (b) the technical requirements based on the technical standard of the interconnection provider; 129