applicant for a licence within the framework of an invitation to tender, whilst respecting laws and regulations relating to the occupation of the public domain, any excess capacity which they possess after having deployed the infrastructures intended for their own needs rights-of-way they possess. (2) Any transfer or leasing agreement of alternative networks must be communicated to the Authority for information. Exclusivity 13. Except where a licence had been issued and exclusivity rights vested in a licensee prior to the enactment of this Act, the Minister shall not include in a licence or the terms of a licence an exclusivity period or monopoly to the licence. Exclusive licence for rural telephony service 14. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13- (a) the Minister may issue an exclusive licence for the provision of a telephony service in a rural area that did not have that service at the time of the submission of an application for a licence or the initiation of an invitation to tender; and (b) the Authority may require interconnection for the service. (2) A licence issued under this section shall be limited to the provision of telephony service in a village of five thousand or fewer permanent residents with an information and communication service penetration rate of one per cent or less. Licence and other fees 15. (1) The Minister may, from time to time, in consultation with the Authority, approve the level of licence and frequency fees payable in respect of licences or any other authorisation under this Act. (2) Fees shall be paid in full before any authorisation is granted, or numbers, or frequencies, assigned as follows(a) application fees shall be paid directly to the 39