A 324
2003 No. 19
Registration of
interconnection
agreements.
Communications
98.—(1) All interconnection agreements shall be registered with the
Commission, by either or both parties thereto, within 30 (thirty) days from the
date of execution thereof in accordance with Part VIII of Chapter V.
(2) The parties shall furnish the Commission with any additional information
that the Commission may require in respect of such interconnection agreement.
(3) The Commission may, upon evaluating the terms and conditions and
the charges set out in the interconnection agreement, require the parties thereto
to revise the agreement if, in the Commission’s opinion, the agreement is
inconsistent with this Act, the regulation or the interconnection guidelines or the
integrity of the public network.
Interconnection
regulation and
agreement.
99.—(1) The Commission shall make interconnection regulations which may
specify but shall not be limited to model terms and conditions for interconnection
agreements between service providers.
(2) Matters which the interconnection regulations shall address include but
are not limited to :
(a) the time frame and procedures for negotiations and the concluding of interconnection agreements ;
(b) quality and levels of service ;
(c) rate methodologies ;
(d) protection of intellectual property ;
(e) protection of commercial information ;
(f) provisioning of facilities ; and
(g) sharing of technical information.
Disconnection of
interconnection.
100. Notwithstanding the terms and conditions of any interconnection, a
party thereto shall not at any time and in any circumstance disconnect or
discontinue interconnection to any interconnecting party without the prior written
approval of the Commission.
PART III—ACCESS
Provision of
access.
101.—(1) Subject to such exemptions as may be determined by the
Commission and duly published, a network facilities provider and a network
service provider shall provide access to their network facilities or network services
listed in the access list to any other :
(a) network facilities provider,
(b) network services provider,
(c) applications service provider, or
(d) content applications service provider,
who makes a written request for access to such network facilities provider or
network service provider on reasonable terms and conditions.