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17. Form and contents of interconnection agreements
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17.   Form and contents of interconnection agreements

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    (1)   An interconnection agreement and a reference interconnection offer are to be in writing and the following matters specified in the agreements except where a particular matter is irrelevant to the specific form of the interconnection requested—

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      (a)     access to ancillary, supplementary and advanced services;

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      (b)     adequate service levels including the remedies for any failure to meet those service levels;

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      (c)     a provision that deals with regulatory change, including determinations by the Commission;

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      (d)     duration and renegotiation of interconnection agreements;

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      (e)     forecasting, ordering, provisioning and testing procedures;

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      (f)     dispute resolution procedures, including identification of points of contact, time frames and an escalation process;

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      (g)     geographical and technical characteristics and locations of the points of interconnection;

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      (h)     information handling and confidentiality provisions;

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      (i)     intellectual property rights;

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      (j)     measures anticipated for avoiding interference or damage to the networks of the parties involved or third parties;

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      (k)     national and international appropriate indexes for service quality;

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      (l)     procedures in the event of alterations being proposed to the network or service offerings of one of the parties;

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      (m)     provisions for the formation of appropriate working groups to discuss matters relating to interconnection and to resolve any disputes;

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      (n)     provision of network information;

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      (o)     technical specifications and standards;

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      (p)     terms of payment, including billing and settlement procedures; the procedures to detect and repair faults, as well as an estimate of acceptable average indexes for detection and repair times;

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      (q)     the scope and description of the interconnection services to be provided;

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      (r)     the technical characteristics of all the main and auxiliary signals to be transmitted by the system and the technical conditions of the interfaces;

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      (s)     transmission of calling line identity, where available to be transmitted;

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      (t)     provisions for call termination;

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      (u)     provisions for transit facilities;

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      (v)     provisions for joining links;

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      (w)     ways and procedures for the supply of other services that the parties agree to supply to each other, such as operation, administration, maintenance, emergency calls, operator assistance, automated information for use, information on directories, calling cards and intelligent network services;

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      (x)     the obligations and responsibilities of each party in the event that inadequate or defective equipment is connected to their respective networks;

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      (y)     provisions for notice and for remedying any breach that may arise from the agreement; and

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      (z)     any other relevant issue.

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    (2)   A public network operator shall make available to interested parties, any reference interconnection offer or the portions of the approved interconnection agreement that have not been designated as confidential by the Commission under regulation 26.

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