are not related to interconnection.
(5)
All charges for interconnection shall not exceed
retail charges for the provision of the equivalent services or
facilities to be provided by that interconnection.
(6) An interconnect operator shall be free to acquire
services from an interconnect provider at any retail price
offered by the interconnect provider without prejudice to any
rights to acquire the same or similar services under an
interconnection agreement.
Interconnection
Procedures.
42. (1) All requests by an interconnect operator
for any form of interconnection shall be in writing and shall
provide the interconnect provider with information in relation
to(a)
the form of interconnection;
(b)
the approximate date the interconnection is
required; and
(c)
an estimate of the capacity required.
(2) A copy of the request for interconnection referred
to in paragraph (1) shall be forwarded to the Commission by
the requesting party.
(3)
The interconnect provider shall inform the
interconnect operator in writing within 15 days of receipt of
the request for interconnection of its ability and willingness to
supply the form of interconnection requested, whether it will
be able to do so within the time frames requested by the
interconnect
operator, and its ability to commence
negotiations on the date requested.
(4) Where the parties do not agree on the date upon
which to commence negotiations, the Commission shall have
the power to compel both parties to commence negotiations to
an interconnection agreement on a date specified by the
Commission.
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