Electronic Communications Act, 2008 ACT 775 criminatory and equitable basis and charges payable shall be determined on a cost-sharing basis. (4) At the request of the parties, the Authority may assist in negotiating an agreement between them. (5) A network operator or public utility may deny access to a facility or utility installation only where it demonstrates that the facility or utility installation has insufficient capacity, taking into account its reasonably anticipated requirements, or where there are reasons of safety, security, reliability or difficulty of a technical or engineering nature. (6) The Authority may regulate the rates, terms and conditions for access to a facility or utility installation, and shall ensure that the rates, terms and conditions are just and reasonable and to the greatest extent possible, based on a cost-sharing formula. . (7) In carrying out its functions under this section, the Authority may adopt necessary and appropriate procedures to resolve disputes concerning the rates, terms and conditions. (8) The owner of a shared facility shall be responsible for the maintenance of the facility and the responsibility for the connection and engineering of other occupiers equipment shall be by agreement of the parties. (9) Under this section, access to facilities does not include interconnection. Access to international transmission capacity 22. Access to international transmission capacity shall be made available to all service providers in a cost-based, transparent, and non-discriminatory manner determined by the Authority. Universal service, universal access and tariffs Universal service 23. (1) The Authority shall determine the public telecommunications services in respect of which the requirement of universal service shall apply, taking into account the needs of the public, affordability of the service and advances in technologies. (2) Universal service includes, at a minimum, a high quality public telephone service, that offers (a) a free telephone directory for subscribers of the service, (b) operator assisted information service, (c) free access to emergency number information, 29

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