(5) Where the Commission is of the view that parties to an interconnection
agreement have taken longer than necessary to negotiate and conclude an
interconnection agreement, and the proposed charges to an interconnection
agreement are unreasonable and do not promote effective competition the
Commission shall make a determination to be applicable during the time when
negotiations are going on and the time within which negotiations on
interconnection are to be completed.
(6) Where a party or any other person alleges that there has been a contravention or
failure to comply with the provisions of the Act, Regulations and any guidelines on
interconnection or an interconnection agreement, the Commission shall investigate
and make a decision.
(7) Where the interconnect licensee has informed the interconnecting licensee that
it is able to provide interconnection, it shall ensure that the system conditioning
and provisioning procedures required to provide such interconnection are
undertaken within the time required by the interconnecting licensee.
(8) Disputes that relate to the timely provision of interconnection or notice of
planned changes shall be submitted to the Commission for determination.
14. Establishment and location of points of interconnection.
(1) Parties to an interconnecting agreement shall establish and maintain points of
interconnection at any technically feasible points agreed by the parties.
(2) An interconnecting licensee shall, in sufficient detail, notify the interconnection
licensee of the points at which they wish to be interconnected to enable the
interconnection licensee to assess the systems conditioning and other requirements
for establishing such points of interconnection.
(3) Points of interconnection shall be established as soon as practicable following a
request and not later than thirty days from the date of the request.
(4) Unless otherwise determined by the Commission, interconnecting licensees
shall be responsible for the cost of building and maintaining the points, data fill
and switching capacity to support the interconnection and for the costs of transport
from their points of origination to points of interconnection.
(5) Licensees providing interconnection services may mutually agree on the point
of interconnection and share the costs of establishing such points of