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2. Each Party shall ensure that a supplier of public
telecommunications networks or services in its territory does not
use or provide commercially sensitive or confidential information
of, or relating to, users acquired as a result of interconnection
arrangements other than for the purpose of providing these
services.

Obligations relating to major suppliers

3. Each Party shall ensure that a major supplier in its territory
provides interconnection for the facilities and equipment of
suppliers of public telecommunications networks and services of
another Party at any technically feasible point in the major
supplier’s network. Such interconnection shall be provided:

(a) under non-discriminatory terms, conditions (including
technical standards and specifications) and rates;
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(b) of a quality no less favourable than that provided by the
major supplier for its own like services, for like services of
non-affiliated service suppliers, or for its subsidiaries or
other affiliates;

(c) on a timely basis, and on terms and conditions (including
technical standards and specifications) and at cost-
oriented rates that are transparent, reasonable, having
regard to economic feasibility, and sufficiently unbundled
so that the supplier of public telecommunications networks
or services of another Party need not pay for network
components or facilities that it does not require for the
services to be provided; and

(d) upon request, at points in addition to the network
termination points offered to the majority of suppliers of
public telecommunications networks and services, subject
to charges that reflect the cost of construction of necessary
additional facilities.

4. Each Party shall ensure that a major supplier in its territory
provides suppliers of public telecommunications services of
another Party with the opportunity to interconnect their facilities
and equipment with those of the major supplier through at least

6 For greater certainty, interconnection rates may be commercially negotiated between
suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services.

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