(a)
All Telecommuications Service Providers shall file each of their
interconnection agreements with the Commission within 30 (thirty) days from the date of
execution thereof.
(b)
The parties shall furnish the Commission with any additional information
that the Commission may require in respect of such interconnection agreement.
(c)
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 or the Commission’s regulations.
Sec. 704
(a)
The Commission shall make interconnection regulations as it may
deem necessary, but shall not be limited to model terms and conditions for
interconnection agreements between service providers.
(b)
Matters that the interconnection regulations may address include but
are not limited to:
(i)
the time frame and procedures for negotiations and the concluding
of interconnection agreements;
(ii)
quality and levels of service;
(iii)
rate methodologies;
(iv)
protection of intellectual property;
(v)
protection of commercial information;
(vi)
provisioning of facilities; and
(vii)
sharing of technical information.
Sec. 705
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.
Sec. 706
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