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- - operators. The term “Infrastructure sharing” for the purposes of these guidelines refers to the Passive Infrastructure sharing. To promote the availability of wide range of high quality, efficient, cost effective, and competitive telecommunication services throughout the country by ensuring optimum utilization of telecommunication resources. To optimize operator’s capital expenditure on supporting infrastructure. To set maximum prices for monthly access to passive infrastructure sharing. 4. Minimum Requirements and Guidelines 4.1 Site positioning 4.1.1 General guidelines All wireless communication towers, except communication infrastructure used by defense organizations for defense purposes and communication infrastructure used by emergency services organization to provide emergency services, erected, constructed or located within Rwanda shall comply with the terms of these guidelines. Annex B and C provide respective documents and statutory requirements necessary for a complete application for relevant approvals and permits for a site building and installation of wireless communication infrastructure. 4.1.2 Towers and antenna design requirements 4.1.2.1 Proposed new or modified towers and antennas shall meet the following design requirements: 4.1.2.1.1 Where possible the proposed development should be designed to blend into the environment so as to minimize its visual impact on the environment. Operators shall consider the use of materials, colors and design that would minimize obtrusiveness. An example of telecommunication facility camouflage can be found on annex E. 4.1.2.1.2 Guyed structures are discouraged and may only be allowed if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Authority that no other type of communication facility structure will provide an equivalent level of service. 4.1.2.1.3 Height of all telecommunication towers shall be limited to a maximum of 60m unless the applicant can demonstrate to the satisfaction of 4

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