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(h)
charging of unreasonable prices for telecommunication equip
ment;
(i)
limiting technical development in the telecommunications sector;
(j)
offering, accepting, giving or receiving bribes in respect to any
matter dealt with in the Act;
(k)
advertising for or otherwise offering telecommunication equip
ment and services in a fraudulent or indecent manner;
(i)
entering any agreement or engaging in any concerted practice with
any other party, which unfairly prevents, restricts or dis
torts competition; and
(m)
the effecting of anticompetitive changes in the market structure
and in particular, anticompetitive merges and acquisitions in the
communications sector.
(3) Every telecommunication services provider or operator shall have
regard to the available supply, offer and provision of uniform, nonpreferential
service or a firstcome, firstserved basis to all persons within a covered geographic
market who request such service and who meet any predetermined conditions that
may be approved by the Authority for receipt and use of such service.
(4) It is not a violation of the principle of equal access for telecommunica
tion services provider or operator to –
(a)
consider the ability of a person to pay for service when deciding
whether to provide service to such a person; or
(b)
make other rational classifications among subscribers shall as
business and residential and to provide on the basis of such
classification: within a given class is provided with service on a
nonpreferential, firstcome first served basis.
Provided that any classification applied by a telecommunication service provider or
operator for the delivery of service is approved by the Authority and all persons
within a given class is provided with service on a nonpreferential, firstcome first
served basis.