Interconnection agreements

(1) Public telecommunication service providers shall enter into agreements governing the interconnection of their facilities, sharing of infrastructure, local number facilities, and other inter- networking and other facilities which the PUC may deem to be in the public interest, as well as with providers of value-added services, on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. (2) Copies of such agreements together with a summary of their principal terms shall be submitted to the PUC for final approval and such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. 30 The PUC shall cause the approved agreements or a summary thereof to be published in the Gazette. (3) Where public telecommunication service providers fail to agree on the terms and conditions of interconnection within a reasonable time (which may be prescribed) one or both may request that the PUC establish binding tariffs and the terms and conditions of the interconnection. (4) Interconnection with providers shall be assured– (a) at any technically feasible point in the network; (b) in a timeframe that is reasonable and as may be prescribed by the PUC; (c) on non-discriminatory and transparent terms; (d) with fully unbundled components so as to avoid unnecessary charges; (e) at non-traditional interconnection points if the requestor agrees to pay the cost on (f) at charges that are cost-oriented and calculated using evolving best practices or a costing methodology prescribed by the PUC.