In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Regulatory Board under Article 48 of Law No 44/2001 of 30/11/2001 governing Telecommunications as well as Article 3 (viii) of Presidential Order N° 04/01 of 15/03/2004 determining Specific Duties of the Regulatory Board in Telecommunications Matters, Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency hereby issues the following guidelines: 1. Short title, extent and commencement i) These guidelines shall be referred to as: ‘Guidelines for Siting and Sharing of Telecommunication Base Station Infrastructure, 2011.’ ii) These guidelines shall be applicable to all licensed operators in the telecommunications sector. iii) These guidelines shall come into force with effect from 1st April 2011 2. Definitions (a) Authority: Means Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) (b) Emergency service organization: includes, but is not limited to police forces, fire services, ambulance services… (c) Exclusion zone: An area around a transmitting station within which exposure limits may be exceeded. (d) Existing Mobile site: An existing mobile site shall be any mobile site which is fully developed and operational as of the date of issuance of these instructions. (e) Fall zone: The area on the ground within a prescribed radius, beginning from the base of a telecom structure or an antenna support structure that may be impacted if a telecom structure fails or collapses. (f) Infrastructure provider: Means any telecommunication operator who owns or is in control of facility or infrastructure, access to which another operator desires or into an agreement for the purposes of collocation or infrastructure sharing. (g) Infrastructure seeker: Means any telecommunication operator desirous or into an agreement with other telecommunication operator who own or in control of telecommunication’s infrastructure and facility for the purpose of collocation or infrastructure sharing. (h) Lattice tower: A telecommunication tower that is constructed to be self-supporting by lattice type supports and without the use of guyed wires or other supports 2