Egypt Telecommunication Regulation Law – February 2003 19. Guaranteeing confidentiality of Telecommunications as well as for licensees' customers calls and setting rules to ensure such confidentiality. Article 26 – Basic services and the Universal Service Fund The NTRA shall determine the services considered as basic services for operating and providing Licensed Telecommunication Services and shall set their prices in consideration of the studies and recommendations submitted to the NTRA by the applicant. In case the Cabinet sets the price of any of these services to be less than the approved economical price, the Operators and Service Providers shall be compensated for the difference from the Universal Service Fund. In the event of shortfall of the Universal Service Fund, it shall be supported by the State upon a proposal by the Minister Concerned, consulting with the Minister of Finance and with approval of the Cabinet. Article 27 – Right of the TRA to request lesser prices for services The NTRA shall have the right to give the licensee consent to operate or offer certain Telecommunication Services at less than the approved prices for a limited period. In case of breach of the rules of free competition or the quality of the service, the NTRA shall cancel such approval. Article 28 - Interconnection In order to achieve Interconnection, different Telecommunication Services Providers shall abide by the following: 1. Enunciating the technical specifications and data of the offered services that may be required for achieving interconnection to enable any of the Service Providers to become aware thereof. 2. Concluding agreements to achieve Interconnection with reasonable terms that do not discriminate between any of the Service Providers, provided that such agreements are submitted to the NTRA for approval, or joining agreements already concluded and approved by the NTRA in this respect. 3. Submitting the data necessary to establish and prove the extent of harm occurred to the Service Provider as a result of an act by any subscriber in another Service Provider Network, upon a petition filed by the Service Provider claiming damages and following approval of the NTRA. The NTRA shall set the rules and conditions to achieve Interconnection in case of disagreement between Service Providers at the request of any of them. Article 29 – Authority of the TRA to mediate and arbitrate In the event of any dispute arising between Service Providers with regard to Interconnection agreements between them, such dispute shall be referred to the NTRA in order to issue a decision therein in accordance with the provisions of such agreements. The NTRA decision shall be made without discrimination between any of the Service Providers or in the interconnection costs to be born by them. The decision of National Telecom. Reg.Authority 14