Egypt Telecommunication Regulation Law – February 2003 Article 29 – Authority of the TRA to mediate and arbitrate In the event of any dispute arising between Service Providers with regard to Interconnection agreements between them, such dispute shall be referred to the NTRA in order to issue a decision therein in accordance with the provisions of such agreements. The NTRA decision shall be made without discrimination between any of the Service Providers or in the interconnection costs to be born by them. The decision of the NTRA shall take into consideration Interconnection charges, costs of technical Interconnection and the cost of providing Services which shall not exceed what is to be considered reasonable investment revenue. The NTRA shall, when studying any of the disputes, have the right to request any of the parties to submit the necessary documents or data. The decision issued by the NTRA in the dispute shall be conclusive. The Minister Concerned shall issue a resolution determining the rules and regulations for the proceedings of such disputes. It is prohibited to file any action before a Court of Law regarding such disputes except after a resolution is issued by the NTRA or after 60 days have lapsed from the date of submission, whichever is shorter. Article 30 – Limits to cross-subsidies Providers of more than one Licensed Telecommunication Service shall not subsidize any of these services in favor of other service. This prohibition is applicable even if the subsidized service does not require a license or even if the subsidy is allocated to a certain product related to the provided service. The Board of Directors shall have the right, in consideration of the rules stated in Article (2), to exempt a certain Telecommunication Service Provider from such prohibition provided that such exemption is issued by virtue of a justified time-limited resolution. Article 31 - No Waiver Clause The licensee is prohibited in all cases, to waive his license for establishing or operating a network or for providing Telecommunication Services to any other party except with a prior written consent from the NTRA, according to the conditions to be determined by the Board of Directors. Article 32 – TRA license information registration The NTRA shall prepare a system for registering the following: 1. Names of the licensees to establish or operate Telecommunication Networks or providing Telecommunication Services. 2. Licensing charges. National Telecom. Reg.Authority 16