―private network licensee‖ means the licensee of a telecommunications system that
provides private telecommunication services for its own use;
―public network licensee‖ means a provider of a public telecommunications
service;
―reference access offer‖ means a document setting out the terms and conditions
under which an interconnect licensee undertakes to permit access to its
telecommunications network in a nondiscriminatory manner;
―reference interconnect offer‖ means a document setting out the terms and
conditions under which an interconnect licensee undertakes to permit
interconnection to its telecommunications network in a nondiscriminatory manner;
3. Application.
These Regulations shall apply to all interconnect licensees and interconnecting
licensees, including the form and content of interconnection agreements, access
and facilities.
4. Rights and obligations to interconnect.
(1) An interconnecting licensee shall, subject to compliance with the provisions of
the Act and any guidelines on interconnection of telecommunications systems and
services that the Commission may from time to time publish, have the right to
choose its interconnection licensee to route its data traffic and calls towards
customers of another
licensee.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an interconnecting licensee shall route its data
traffic and calls towards international destinations through a licensee who has been
licensed to provide the service.
(3) An interconnection licensee shall have the right and, when requested by an
interconnecting licensee, an obligation, to negotiate the interconnection of its
telecommunications system, facilities and equipment with the telecommunications
system, facilities and equipment of the interconnecting licensee, in order to provide
end-to-end connectivity and interoperability of services to all customers.
(4) A interconnection licensee shall accept all reasonable requests for access to its
telecommunications system at the network termination points offered to the