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endeavour to rely generally on market-based approaches in Article 17: Relation to International Organisations
assigning spectrum for terrestrial commercial telecommunications
services, if appropriate. In this regard, each Party may use The Parties recognise the importance of international standards for
mechanisms such as auctions, administrative incentive pricing, or global compatibility and inter-operability of telecommunications networks
unlicensed use, if appropriate, to assign spectrum for commercial and services and undertake to promote such standards through the work
use. of relevant international bodies, including the International
Telecommunication Union and the International Organization for
Numbers Standardization.

5. Each Party shall ensure that a supplier of public
telecommunications networks or services of another Party Article 18: International Submarine Cable Systems
established in the territory of the former Party is afforded access
to telephone numbers in a non-discriminatory manner. Where a Party has authorised a supplier of public telecommunications
networks or services in its territory to operate an international submarine
cable system as a public telecommunications network or service, that
Article 16: Transparency Party shall ensure that such supplier accords the suppliers of public
telecommunications networks or services of another Party reasonable
1. Each Party shall endeavour to ensure that when its and non-discriminatory treatment for access to the international
telecommunications regulatory body seeks input on a proposal for submarine cable system. 8, 9, 10
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 8
For greater certainty, a Party may determine the point at which access to the
affecting access to and use of public telecommunications international submarine cable system is to be provided.
networks or services is publicly available, including:
9 For greater certainty, this Article does not prohibit a Party from requiring a supplier of
(a) tariffs and other terms and conditions of service; public telecommunications networks or services to comply with relevant measures
including licensing requirements, provided that such measures are not used as a
(b) specifications of technical interfaces with such networks means of avoiding the Party’s obligations under this Article.

and services; 10 For Viet Nam,

(c) information on bodies responsible for the preparation and (i) this Article shall only apply to the international submarine cable landing
adoption of standards affecting such access and use; stations in its territory;
(ii) this Article shall only apply to a major supplier that owns, controls, or
(d) conditions for attaching terminal or other equipment; and operates the international submarine cable system including landing
stations in its territory;
(e) requirements for notification or licensing, if any.
(iii) co-location for international submarine cable landing stations owned,
controlled, or operated by the major supplier in its territory shall
exclude physical co-location; and

(iv) this Article does not prohibit Viet Nam from requiring a supplier of
public telecommunications networks or services to comply with
relevant measures, including licensing requirements, provided that
such measures are not used as a means of preventing access to the
international submarine cable system.

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