(a)
The Commission may prescribe such regulations as will best further the
purposes of this Act to establish fees for the use of numbering and addressing resources
for the provision of Telecommunications Services and Information Services.
(b)
Such regulations as the Commission may prescribe pursuant to subsection
(a) of this Section shall, at a minimum, ensure that fees:
(i)
recover from commercial providers of Telecommunications
Services a measure of the value of the numbering and addressing resources for the benefit
of the People of Somalia;
(ii)
transparent manner;

shall be reasonable, non-discriminatory, and administered in a

(iii)
shall encourage the development and expansion of
Telecommunications Services and Information Services to all areas of the Nation.
Sec. 735
(a)
Licensed Telecommunications Service Providers shall have the right to
reasonable access to and use of all Public Rights of Way throughout the Nation for the
construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities necessary for the provision of
Licensed Telecommunications Services.
(b)
Licensed Telecommunications Service Providers shall have the right to
reasonable access to and use of Private Rights of Way with the consent of the owner or,
failing such consent, pursuant to such regulations as the Commission may from time to
time prescribe.
(c)
Licensed Telecommunications Service Providers shall be obligated to
repair any damage to Public or Private Rights of Way that their construction,
maintenance, or operation of facilities necessary for the provision of Licensed
Telecommunications Services may cause. The Commission may prescribe regulations
for the establishment of appropriate compensation for any damaged caused by such use
of Pubic or Private Rights of Way. The Commission shall have authority to hear and
resolve any disputes arising out of such use of Pubic or Private Rights of Way.
E.

Universal Access

Sec. 741
(a)
The Commission shall, pursuant to Public Consultation, develop annual
objectives for Universal Access to Telecommunications Services in Somalia. In
developing its Universal Access objectives, the Commission shall seek to ensure that

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