Definitions Users mean service consumers and service suppliers. This section applies to linking with suppliers providing public Telecommunications transport networks or services in order to allow the users of one supplier to communicate with users of another supplier and to access services provided by another supplier, where specific commitments are undertaken. Interconnection to be ensured Interconnection with a major supplier will be ensured at any technically feasible point in the network. 2.3 Public availability of the procedures for Interconnection negotiations The procedures applicable for to Interconnection to a major supplier will be made publicly available. It is ensured that a major supplier will make publicly available either its Interconnection agreements or a reference Interconnection offer.
Any member has the right to define the kind of universal service obligation it wishes to maintain.
The reasons for the denial of a licence will be made known to the applicant upon request. The regulatory body is separate from, and not accountable to, any supplier of basic Telecommunications services. The decisions of and the procedure used by regulators shall be impartial with respect to all market participants. Any procedures for the allocation and use of scarce resources, including frequencies, numbers and rights of way, will be carried out in an objective, timely, transparent and non discriminatory manner. The current state of allocated frequency bands will be made publicly available, but detailed identification of frequencies allocated for specific government uses is not required.