Commercial Court Division
of Southern Sudan permits them to. In the latter case, the Uganda
operators would in conjunction with Gemtel and/or other operators in
Southern Sudan install facilities in Southern Sudan such that the traffic
into and out of Southern Sudan is routed through the Ugandan
operator’s gateways.
This means that the subscribers in Southern
Sudan would have numbers beginning with the code (+256).
In such a scenario however, all the concerned parties shall agree that
this is a TEMPORARY measure as Southern Sudan awaits their country
code from ITU. If they agree, Uganda Communications Commission
advices that for fixed lines, a special area code different from the
existing area codes shall be used for Southern Sudan, while for the
mobile subscribers, a special group of numbers derived from the
existing operator code shall be used …”
This letter was copied to the Uganda Communications Commission (hereinafter
referred to as the “UCC”), Gemtel Ltd and UTL.
On the 16th May, 2006, UTL wrote to Gemtel (Exh. P.8) and stated
“Uganda Telecom will grant Gemtel usage of the following code
beginning with +256 477 for use by subscribers in Southern Sudan …”
This letter was copied to UCC.
On the 23rd May, 2007, UTL wrote a letter to MTN (Exh. P.10) regarding Southern
Sudan traffic and stated
“… We did write to you on June 22, 2006 informing you of the
interconnection arrangement we had entered into with Ms. Gemtel, a
telecommunication operator in Southern Sudan.
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