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Uganda Communications Act
2013
agreement, the Commission shall within thirty days respond to the
application in writing.
(4) Where the Commission does not respond to the application
in the time specified in subsection (3), the Commission shall be taken
to have approved the application.
(5) The Commission—
(a) shall, within ninety days from the receipt of an application
of an operator or within such other reasonable period in the
circumstances; or
(b) may, on its own motion,
impose an interconnection agreement on two operators if a negotiated
agreement is not possible or if the Commission determines that such
agreement promotes fair competition.
(6) Before imposing an interconnection agreement between two
or more operators, the Commission shall give each operator thirty
days’ notice stating the reasons for the intended imposition, and
giving the operators opportunity to make representations.
(7) The Commission shall issue minimum guidelines in
accordance with which telecommunications operators shall negotiate
interconnection agreements.
59. Maximum interconnection rates.
(1) Notwithstanding section 58, the Commission may fix
maximum interconnection rates.
(2) For the purposes of determining the rate under subsection
(1), the Commission shall take into account—
(a) accessibility and affordability of the communications
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