DETERMINATION ON INTERCONNECTIONS RATES FOR FIXED AND MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SHARING AND NETWORKS, CO-LOCATION; AND BROADBAND INTERCONNECTION SERVICES IN KENYA INTERCONNECTION DETERMINATION NO.2 OF 2010 1. INTRODUCTION This Determination is made under the Kenya Information and Communications Act of 1998 as amended (hereinafter referred to as the Act) and the Kenya Information and Communications Regulations, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as Regulations). This Determination shall be known as the Determination No.2 of 2010 on pure Long Run Incremental Cost (LRIC) based Interconnection Rate regime. The Determination is effective on the 1st day of July 2010 and is binding to all fixed and mobile telecommunications network operators in the Republic of Kenya. It will also provide a framework for infrastructure sharing and co-location, and for broadband interconnection, and supersedes the previous Rulings made by the Communications Commission of Kenya. Interconnection is considered a critical tool to the proper functioning of a competitive communications market in Kenya. This is recognized in the Act, which requires network facilities providers and network service providers to provide other licensees with interconnection on request at any technically feasible location. Page 1 of 13