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(3) telecommunication services of an interconnecting operator shall receive treatment that is no less
favourable than the treatment which the interconnect provider affords to telecommunication services of
itself, its affiliates or other similarly situated telecommunications service providers; and
(4) customers of an interconnecting operator shall receive treatment that is no less favourable than the
treatment which the interconnect provider affords to its own customers or the customers of its subsidiaries
its affiliates, or other similarly situated telecommunications service providers
Quality of service
122. (I) An interconnection agreement shall provide for adequate capacity and service levels and provide
reasonable remedies for any failure to meet those service levels
(2)The parties to an interconnection agreement shall comply wit all relevant standards of the International
Telecommunications Union and such other technical standards as the Authority may determine from time to
time.
Negotiations In good faith
123. (1) Parties to an interconnection agreement shall negotiate in good faith and use their reasonable
endeavors to resolve all disputes as to the form of interconnection, the subject of that agreement or any
other form of interconnection.
(2) An interconnect provider shall provide interconnection information to an interconnecting operator upon
receipt of reasonable written request.
(3) An interconnecting operators request for interconnection shall receive reasonable priority over the
customer orders of the interconnect provider.
Interconnection charges and charging structure
124. (1) Interconnection shall be provided on rates, terms and conditions that are
(a)
just;
(b)
reasonable; and
(a)
nondiscriminatory
(2) Interconnection rates shall be charged for each type of telecommunications Service for which
interconnection is provided and shall be computed based on the forwardlooking incremental economic cost
to the interconnection Provider, taking into account only those costs directly attributable to interconnection
plus a reasonable profit margin
Provided that interconnection charges based upon a different formula may be ‘approved by the Authority.
(3) charges for interconnection shall be structured to match the pattern of underlying costs incurred and to
distinguish and separately price the following aspects of interconnection
(1)
fixed once off charges for the establishment and implementation of physical
interconnection; and
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