(6) The Authority shall also ensure that any
reference interconnect offer on the part of ope
rators includes a list of the subscriber-serving
exchanges that are not available for inter
connection for valid technical or security reasons,
along with the provisional timing to open such
subscriber exchanges to interconnection.
(7) Where the forwarding of expected operator
traffic to or from subscribers connected to
exchanges on the list mentioned in subsection (6)
is justified, the Authority shall ensure that the
operator is required, at the request of the Authority,
to establish a transitional offer for that exchange.
(8) Transitional offer under subsection (7) shall
allow the requesting operator to define a fee
schedule that reflects the costs which, in the
absence of technical access restrictions, would
have been incurred for switching communications
to or from, first, the subscribers connected to that
exchange, and second, the subscribers who would
have been accessible without the need for routing
through a higher-echelon exchange.
Publication of a
reference
interconnect
offer
75. The reference interconnect offers approved by
the Authority shall be made available on the websites of operators having significant market power
and shall be accessible by a web link available on
the Authority's website.
Relevant cost
orientation
76. (1) Operators having significant market power
shall respect the principle of relevant cost
orientation, that is, the costs of network com
ponents or the management structures of the
operator effectively involved in the provision of
interconnection.
(2) The relevant costs shall include
(a) general network costs, that is, costs relating
to network components used by the
operator both for services for its own
customers and for interconnection services;
and
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