The Telecommunications (Interconnection) Regulations 1997

2. Introductory Text

1. Citation and commencement

3. 2. Interpretation

4. 3. The Obligation to Interconnect

5. 4. Significant Market Power

6. 5. The Interconnection Requirements

7. 6. General Responsibilities of the Secretary of State and of the Director

8. 7. Essential Requirements

9. 8. Publication of information by the Director

10. 9. Technical standards

11. 10. Collocation and facility sharing

12. 11. Numbering

13. 12. Universal Service contributions

14. 13. Modification of licences to include the interconnection conditions

15. Signature

16. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       1. PART I

          1. (a) The fixed public telephone network (b) The fixed public...

       2. PART II

          1. The leased lines service

       3. PART III

          1. Public mobile telephone networks (a) Public telephone networks where the...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       1. Public Operators who are authorised to provide switched and unswitched...

       2. 1. provide (i) fixed or (ii) mobile public switched telecommunications networks...

       3. 2. provide leased lines to users' premises;

       4. 3. are authorised in a Member State of the Community to...

       5. 4. provide publicly available fixed or mobile telecommunications services or both...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       1. PART I

          1. 1. Non Discrimination and Information

          2. 2. The Licensee shall make available on request to organisations considering...

          3. 3. The Licensee shall provide to the Director copies of interconnection...

          4. 4. Information received by the Licensee from an organisation seeking interconnection...

       2. PART II

          1. 1. Interconnection Charges and Cost Accounting Systems

          2. 2. The Licensee shall publish in accordance with regulation 8 a...

          3. 3. The Licensee’s charges shall, in accordance with European Community law,...

          4. 4. The Licensee shall have a cost accounting system which in...

       3. PART III

          1. 1. Accounting Separation

          2. 2. The Licensee shall keep separate accounts, drawn up, submitted to...

       4. PART IV

          1. Financial Information

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Framework for Negotiation of Interconnection Agreements

       1. PART I

          1. Areas where ex ante conditions may be set—

       2. PART II

          1. Other issues the coverage of which is to be encouraged...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       1. The cost of universal service obligations shall be calculated as...

       2. Revenues shall be taken into account in calculating the net...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       Conditions Inserted in Schedule 1 to the Relevant Licence

17. Explanatory Note