Provider Reference Infrastructure Sharing Offer ______________________________________________________________________ In this Agreement, words and expressions have the following meanings: “Agreement”: this agreement, including all Annexes and Schedules thereto. “Annex”: An Annex to this Agreement “Appendix”: An Appendix to an Annex of this Agreement “Associated Company" is a Subsidiary and Holding Company of such Party, the terms Subsidiary and Holding Company having the meanings described thereto in “Authority”: Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) as established by the law no. 39/2001. “Billing Information”: That information which must be provided in support of invoices issued under this Agreement to enable the validation of an invoice. “Central Earth Point”: A point provided in all Provider Sites where the electrical earth of all equipment is terminated. “Commencement date”: The date of this Agreement. “Compliant Equipment”: apparatus directly or indirectly connected to the ODF or on Provider site which is required for the purposes of providing a telecommunications service. “Contractor”: An authorized person (corporate or individual) undertaking works for which he has been contracted by either Provider or the Infrastructure Seeker as the context may require. “Dark fiber”: An optical fiber, which is not connected to any active equipment. See service description in Annex C “Default Interest Rate”: interest rate charged in case of delayed payment of invoices “Disclosing Party”: A Party disclosing information covered by this Agreement. “Dispute”: Any disagreement between the Parties under this Agreement. “Duct”: Part of the Provider‟s Network allowing exclusively the installation of fiber optic cables as described in Annex C “Due Date”: A date which is thirty (30) calendar days after the date of an invoice. “Escorted Access”: the direct physical supervision by a person nominated for that purpose by Provider of another person entering a Provider Site. “External Patch Cable”: a link by means of an external (optical) cable that connects the Infrastructure Seeker‟s ODF at its site to an ODF at a Provider Site. “Footprint”: The floor space Provider equipment or Infrastructure Seeker equipment. DATE Page 2