Egypt Telecommunication Regulation Law – February 2003
Article 29 – Authority of the TRA to mediate and arbitrate
In the event of any dispute arising between Service Providers with regard to
Interconnection agreements between them, such dispute shall be referred to the NTRA in
order to issue a decision therein in accordance with the provisions of such agreements.
The NTRA decision shall be made without discrimination between any of the Service
Providers or in the interconnection costs to be born by them. The decision of the NTRA
shall take into consideration Interconnection charges, costs of technical Interconnection
and the cost of providing Services which shall not exceed what is to be considered
reasonable investment revenue.
The NTRA shall, when studying any of the disputes, have the right to request any of the
parties to submit the necessary documents or data. The decision issued by the NTRA in
the dispute shall be conclusive.
The Minister Concerned shall issue a resolution determining the rules and regulations for
the proceedings of such disputes.
It is prohibited to file any action before a Court of Law regarding such disputes except
after a resolution is issued by the NTRA or after 60 days have lapsed from the date of
submission, whichever is shorter.
Article 30 – Limits to cross-subsidies
Providers of more than one Licensed Telecommunication Service shall not subsidize any
of these services in favor of other service. This prohibition is applicable even if the
subsidized service does not require a license or even if the subsidy is allocated to a
certain product related to the provided service.
The Board of Directors shall have the right, in consideration of the rules stated in Article
(2), to exempt a certain Telecommunication Service Provider from such prohibition
provided that such exemption is issued by virtue of a justified time-limited resolution.
Article 31 - No Waiver Clause
The licensee is prohibited in all cases, to waive his license for establishing or operating a
network or for providing Telecommunication Services to any other party except with a
prior written consent from the NTRA, according to the conditions to be determined by
the Board of Directors.
Article 32 – TRA license information registration
The NTRA shall prepare a system for registering the following:
1.
Names of the licensees to establish or operate Telecommunication Networks
or providing Telecommunication Services.
2.
Licensing charges.
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