Provider Reference Infrastructure Sharing Offer
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In this Agreement, words and expressions have the following meanings:
“Agreement”: this agreement, including all Annexes and Schedules thereto.
“Annex”: An Annex to this Agreement
“Appendix”: An Appendix to an Annex of this Agreement
“Associated Company" is a Subsidiary and Holding Company of such Party, the terms
Subsidiary and Holding Company having the meanings described thereto in
“Authority”: Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) as established by the law no.
39/2001.
“Billing Information”: That information which must be provided in support of invoices
issued under this Agreement to enable the validation of an invoice.
“Central Earth Point”: A point provided in all Provider Sites where the electrical earth of
all equipment is terminated.
“Commencement date”: The date of this Agreement.
“Compliant Equipment”: apparatus directly or indirectly connected to the ODF or on
Provider site which is required for the purposes of providing a telecommunications
service.
“Contractor”: An authorized person (corporate or individual) undertaking works for which
he has been contracted by either Provider or the Infrastructure Seeker as the context
may require.
“Dark fiber”: An optical fiber, which is not connected to any active equipment. See
service description in Annex C
“Default Interest Rate”: interest rate charged in case of delayed payment of invoices
“Disclosing Party”: A Party disclosing information covered by this Agreement.
“Dispute”: Any disagreement between the Parties under this Agreement.
“Duct”: Part of the Provider‟s Network allowing exclusively the installation of fiber optic
cables as described in Annex C
“Due Date”: A date which is thirty (30) calendar days after the date of an invoice.
“Escorted Access”: the direct physical supervision by a person nominated for that
purpose by Provider of another person entering a Provider Site.
“External Patch Cable”: a link by means of an external (optical) cable that connects the
Infrastructure Seeker‟s ODF at its site to an ODF at a Provider Site.
“Footprint”: The floor space Provider equipment or Infrastructure Seeker equipment.
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