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(a) a requirement to use specified technical interfaces, (c) not making available to other suppliers of public
including interface protocols, for connection with public telecommunications networks or services, on a timely
telecommunications networks and services; basis, technical information about essential facilities and
commercially relevant information which are necessary for
(b) a requirement, where necessary, for the inter-operability of them to provide services.
public telecommunications networks and services and to
encourage the achievement of the goals set out in Article
17 (Relation to International Organisations); Article 7: Treatment by Major Suppliers

(c) type approval of terminal or other equipment which Each Party shall ensure that a major supplier in its territory accords to
interfaces with public telecommunications networks and suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services of another
technical requirements relating to the attachment of such Party treatment no less favourable than that such major supplier accords
equipment to public telecommunications networks; in like circumstances to its subsidiaries and affiliates, or non-affiliated
service suppliers, regarding:
(d) a restriction on connection of leased or owned circuits with
public telecommunications networks or services or with (a) the availability, provisioning, rates, or quality of like public
circuits leased or owned by other service suppliers; or telecommunications services; and

(e) a requirement for notification and licensing. (b) the availability of technical interfaces necessary for
interconnection.

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Article 5: Number Portability
Article 8: Resale
Each Party shall ensure that a supplier of public telecommunications
services in its territory provides number portability for mobile services, to Each Party may determine, in accordance with its laws and regulations,
the extent technically and economically feasible, on a timely basis, and which public telecommunications services must be offered for resale by
on terms and conditions that are reasonable and non-discriminatory. a major supplier based on the need to promote competition or to benefit
the long-term interests of end users. Where a Party has determined that
a service must be offered for resale by a major supplier, that Party shall
Article 6: Competitive Safeguards ensure that any major supplier in its territory does not impose
unreasonable or discriminatory conditions or limitations on the resale of
1. Each Party shall adopt or maintain appropriate measures for the that service.
purpose of preventing suppliers who, alone or together, are a
major supplier from engaging in or continuing anti-competitive
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practices. Article 9: Interconnection

2. The anti-competitive practices referred to in paragraph 1 shall Obligations relating to suppliers of public telecommunications
include, in particular: networks or services

(a) engaging in anti-competitive cross-subsidisation; 1. Each Party shall ensure that a supplier of public
telecommunications networks or services in its territory provides
(b) using information obtained from competitors with anti- interconnection with the suppliers of public telecommunications
competitive results; and networks or services of another Party.

5 For greater certainty, the term “interconnection”, as used in this Annex, does not
4 This Article shall not apply to Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar. include access to unbundled network elements.

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