TRR issues the nominated service provider Reference Interconnection Offer

Today, 17 December 2013, TRR finalized and issued the Nominated Service Provider Reference Interconnection Offer (NSP RIO) for the telecommunications industry. It covers Offers which must be provided by a NSP for the provision of interconnection service to any access seeker seeking interconnection with a NSP. The NSP RIO is intended to guide a NSP, and any other Service Providers seeking interconnection with a NSP, and will facilitate the provision of interconnection services in Vanuatu.

Both TVL and Digicel were notified by TRR as NSPs under section 27 (1) of the Telecommunications and Radiocommunications Regulation Act No 30 of 2009 (the Act). TRR is also in the process of designating Interchange Limited dominant in submarine cable access and will notify it as a NSP under the Act as soon as Interchange Limited launches service from the submarine cable in Vanuatu in January 2014.

TRR consulted with both NSPs under section 27(4) of the Act and other interested parties, including Interchange Limited, prior to determining the terms and conditions of a public consultation draft NSP RIO, and took these consultations and views into account in developing and finalizing the NSP RIO; which is now applicable for the sector at large.

The NSP RIO is a living offer document which will be reviewed and modified as required as experience is gained on its application and industry evolution.

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