Electronic and Postal Communications (Interconnection)
G.N. No. 425 (contd)
connected to the system of another network licensee for
routing of calls, SMS and MMS from one system to the
other;
“Reference Interconnection Offer” in its abbreviation “RIO”
means a standardized interconnection offer that is
consistent with interconnection agreement and contains
the technical and commercial terms put in place by the
Interconnection service provider.
PART II
INTERCONNECTION OF NETWORKS
Rights and
obligations of the
operators to the
interconnection
4.-(1)
A network service licensee shall have an
obligation to interconnect with the network of any other
network service licensee in the United Republic .
(2) A network service licensee shall have an obligation,
on receipt of a request for interconnection from an
interconnection seeker, to interconnect with the interconnection
seeker at reasonable terms and conditions set out in the
interconnection agreement.
(3) The interconnecting parties shall have the rights to
get information from each party in order to plan, establish or
maintain the licensee’s networks, use that information solely for
the purpose for which it was supplied and respect
confidentiality of information transmitted or stored.
(4) The interconnection provider shall be required to
have in place a Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) available
at the request of the interconnection seeker.
(5) The RIO shall be prepared by the interconnection
provider and submitted to the Authority for approval.
Requests for
interconnection
5.-(1) An interconnection seeker shall make a request
in writing to the interconnection provider indicating the
following(a)
the type of interconnection required;
(b)
the technical requirements based on the
technical standard of the interconnection
provider;
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