company having obtained usage rights; and
(g) obligations under relevant international
agreements relating to frequency usage.
Emergency
service
obligation
34. (1) An operator of public information and
communications system or service shall
(a) make available to its subscribers free
access to an emergency police, fire
service, and medical number, preferably
of three digits; and
(b) publish the number continuously in its
invoices, in its advertisements, on its
premises, and, in the Gazette, within one
month of its availability.
(2) The operator shall coordinate the number with
the agency of the Government of The Gambia
responsible for the maintenance of personnel who
route emergency police, fire service and medical
calls.
Services for the
disabled
35. An operator of a public telecommunications
system or service which installs or operates pay
public telephones, shall ensure that the pay public
telephones have facilities for audio assistance for
the hearing impaired and dialling assistance for the
visually impaired.
Rights of
licensees
36. Licensees which provide publicly available
information and communications networks and
services shall enjoy the right
(a) to negotiate interconnection with, and obtain
access or interconnection from other
providers
of
publicly
available
communications networks and services,
under the conditions of and in accordance
with this Act; and
(b) the opportunity to be designated as a pro
vider of certain elements of universal
service or to cover different parts of The
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