Electronic Communications Act, 2008
ACT 775
(4) A request for interconnection, transmission and routing of service
may only be refused on reasonable technical or financial grounds which
must be stated in writing.
(5) The network operator or service provider shall
(a) comply with guidelines and standards established by the
Authority in Regulations or another relevant law to facilitate
interconnection,
(b) on request provide points of interconnection in addition to
those offered. generally to other network operators or service
providers, subject to rates that reflect the network operator's
or service provider's total' economic cost of constructing
additional facilities necessary to satisfy the request,
(c) provide the elements of interconnection to other network
operators and service providers, in a manner that is at least
equal in both quality and rates to that provided by that
network operator or service provider to
(i) its own business units,
(ii) body corporate with which it is affiliated, or
(iii) any other party to which the network operator or
service provider provides interconnection
and without regard to the types of users to be served,
or the types of services to be provided, by the other
operator or service provider,
(d) promptly negotiate, on the request by another network
operator or service provider, and endeavour to conclude, an
agreement with regard to the charges and the technical and
other terms and conditions for the elements of
interconnection subject to paragraph (g),
(e) submit to the Authority a copy of any agreement concluded
under paragraph (d) within seven days after the conclusion
to enable the Authority to determine whether the agreement
complies with the guidelines established under this Act,
(f) offer, on a non-discriminatory basis, the terms and
conditions of an agreement concluded under paragraph (d)
or required by a decision made under paragraph (g) to any
other network operator or service provider seeking
interconnection,
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