(e) financial assistance it receives from any funding source. 11. Transfer of Personnel and Property (1) The Department may select such number of personnel as it needs for its regulatory functions from among civil servants. (2) The Department may also opt to take over buildings, equipment, tools and other facilities currently used or operated by bodies currently involved in regulating the communications sector. Part Two Telecommunications Networks and Services 12. Operator's Permit (1) A person desiring: (a) to establish and/or operate a telecommunications network, and/or (b) to provide a telecommunications service, must obtain an operator's permit. (2) The Department shall determine whether any of the activities referred to in sub-article (1) of this Article shall be defined as: (a) Exclusive rights activities (Article 2(e)), or (b) Limited competition activities (Article 2(g)). (3) Open competition activities (Article 2(h)), encompass: (a) value added services, i.e. services other than basic services and data transmission services as defined by the Department; and (b) all activities which are not defined as exclusive rights activities or limited competition activities. 13. Interconnection (1) An operator engaged in exclusive rights activities or limited competition activities shall be obliged to interconnect his telecommunications network and/or service with the network and/or service of another operator. (2) If the operators referred to in this Article fail to achieve agreement on the terms of interconnection within six months after the negotiations started, the Department shall, at the request of either operator or both, set up an arbitration panel to settle the dispute. The Minister of Transport and Communications may, by regulation determine the procedures of an arbitration panel. 14. Permit Conditions (1) A permit issued under Article 12 hereof shall be subject to such conditions as the Department may specify in the permit, or as may be specified in regulations referred to in the permit. (2) Without limiting the generality of Article 13 and sub-article (1) of this Article a permit issued under Article 12 hereof may include conditions requiring: (a) geographical coverage of the telecommunications network or service, including coverage in rural areas; (b) interconnection and co-ordination between telecommunications networks or services; (c) use of numbers or number series, including names and addresses, in accordance with numbering plans designed by the Department; (d) use of standards;