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endeavour to rely generally on market-based approaches in
assigning spectrum for terrestrial commercial telecommunications
services, if appropriate. In this regard, each Party may use
mechanisms such as auctions, administrative incentive pricing, or
unlicensed use, if appropriate, to assign spectrum for commercial
use.

Numbers

5. Each Party shall ensure that a supplier of public
telecommunications networks or services of another Party
established in the territory of the former Party is afforded access
to telephone numbers in a non-discriminatory manner.

Article 16: Transparency

1. Each Party shall endeavour to ensure that when its
telecommunications regulatory body seeks input on a proposal for
a law or regulation, that body provides relevant suppliers of public
telecommunications networks or services of another Party
operating in its territory an opportunity to comment.

2. Each Party shall ensure that relevant information on conditions
affecting access to and use of public telecommunications
networks or services is publicly available, including:

(a) tariffs and other terms and conditions of service;

(b) specifications of technical interfaces with such networks
and services;

(c) information on bodies responsible for the preparation and
adoption of standards affecting such access and use;

(d) conditions for attaching terminal or other equipment; and

(e) requirements for notification or licensing, if any.

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