Provider Reference Infrastructure Sharing Offer
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[Infrastructure Provider may modify this Service Description to assure consistency with
Technical and Operation & Maintenance Manuals, subject to approval by the Authority]
1. Introduction
This Annex defines the Dark Fiber Service.
The processes and technical information to support the implementation of this service
are described in the Operations & Maintenance Manual (Annex H of this Agreement) and
Technical Manual (Annex G of this Agreement).
All equipment and plant that is deployed as part of the implementation of this Service
shall comply with the relevant national and international standards, as appropriate and
as defined within this Agreement.
All installation procedures used must comply with standard industry practices and
national and international standards, where appropriate and as defined within this
Agreement.
2. Service Description
The Dark Fiber Service will be provided on a dedicated point-to-point connection
terminating at an ODF that provides physical connectivity between the ODF of the
Provider and the Infrastructure Seeker’s ODF.
Physical connectivity to the co-location facility will be provided by means of an Internal
Patch Cable or External Patch Cable.
The Dark Fiber Service allows the Infrastructure Seeker to connect appropriate optical
transmission technologies to the fiber so allowing the Infrastructure Seeker to deliver its
own transmission services.
The Dark Fiber Service can only be offered on fibers, which are terminated at an ODF at
the Provider’s site.
3. Geographic Restrictions
The Dark Fiber Service will be offered at locations and routes, which are listed in
Annex J of this Agreement.
The Infrastructure Seeker requesting the Dark Fiber Service must have physical access
to the Provider ODF by means of a co-location Service under the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.
The Dark Fiber Service will be provided subject to the Infrastructure Seeker agreeing to
observe the operational limitations and national and international standards when
connecting its own equipment to the dark fiber.
The implementation of the Dark Fiber Service will be subject to physical and/or technical
limitations and unforeseen costs highlighted during the implementation of this Service.
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