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CAP. 411A
Kenya Information and Communications
[Rev. 2011
[Subsidiary]
(6) Where a licensee seeking interconnection from any interconnection
licensee requests that its facilities for interconnection be co-located with the
facilities or premises of the interconnection licensee, such co-location may
be provided and the costs of such co-location shall be mutually agreed by the
parties.
Calling line identity.
15. Parties to an interconnecting agreement shall pass calling line
identity and all necessary signaling data between interconnecting parties in
accordance with standards prescribed and published fromtime to time by the
Commission.
Modification,
suspension and
termination
16. (1) Parties to an interconnection agreement shall ensure that any
modification, suspension or termination of the interconnection agreement does
not adversely affect customers.
(2) An interconnect provider may not terminate an interconnection
agreement unless—
(a) the termination is as a result of a fundamental breach of the
interconnection agreement and the interconnecting licensee after
having been given an opportunity to remedy the breach,has failed
to do so;
(b) the interconnect provider gives reasonable written notice of its
intention to terminate and(i) specifies the grounds for termination; or
(ii) gives, in the case of breach, a notice of one month, for the service
provider to remedy the breach;
(c) the Commission has been notified of the intended termination and
it has given consent, in writing.
(3) A party to an interconnection agreement may only suspend
interconnection in exceptional circumstances and only where such suspension
is intended to address a material degradation of telecommunications systems
or services and the Commission notified of the intended suspension and it has
given its consent.
(4) Parties to an interconnection agreement that has been approved by the
Commission may amend or modify the agreement by giving the Commission
a copy of the proposed amendment not less than fourteen days prior to the
effective date.
Confidentiality
17. (1) A party who receives information relating to interconnection from
another party which is designated as confidential shall keep the information
confidential and may disclose it—
(a) to employees, agents or advisers who need to know that information