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CAP. 411A
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 30/2010.
Citation.
Interpretation.
Kenya Information and Communications
[Rev. 2011
THE KENYA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
(INTERCONNECTION AND PROVISION OF FIXED LINKS,
ACCESS AND FACILITIES) REGULATIONS, 2010
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Kenya Information and
Communications (Interconnection and Provision of Fixed Links, Access and
Facilities) Regulations, 2010.
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“access” means availing facilities or services, to another service provider
under specified conditions, an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, for the purpose
of providing telecommunications services;
“calling line identity” means the information generated by a
telecommunications system that identifies the calling number and forwards
it through the telecommunications network to a receiving communications
system;
“co-location” means accommodation of two or more switches,
transmission equipment, antennas or any other electronic communications
equipment in, or on a single building tower or any other structure for the purpose
of interconnecting communications networks;
“customer” means a user of telecommunications services provided by a
telecommunications service licensee;
“end-to-end connectivity” means property that allows all nodes of the
network to send information to all other nodes of the network, and do not require
intermediate network elements to further interpret them;
“facilities acquirer” means a licensee who provides network services
who has leased or shares facilities or has requested to lease or share facilities
from a facilities provider;
“facilities provider” means a network facilities licensee who has been
requested by a facilities acquirer for lease or to share facilities;
“interconnect capacity” means a transmission and switching capability
and any other facility for connecting telecommunications networks of two or
more telecommunications service licensees;
“interconnect licensee” means a provider of a telecommunications service
who, in accordance with a licence issued by the Commission, is required to
provide interconnection service to other telecommunications licensees;
“interconnecting licensee” means a provider of telecommunication
services who has interconnected or has requested to interconnect its
telecommunications system to the telecommunications system of an interconnect
provider;