INTERCONNECTION AND ACCESS ARTICLE 57 INTERCONNECTION AND ACCESS (a) A Public Telecommunications Operator shall have the right to Interconnection and shall negotiate in good faith on request for the Interconnection to its Telecommunications Network at any technical feasible point to the Telecommunications Network of another Public Telecommunications Operator and in each case as specified in its Licence or in the regulations issued by the Authority. (b) A Public Telecommunications Operator determined by the Authority to have a Dominant Position in a particular Telecommunications market shall, within three months of such determination and every six months thereafter, publicise a reference Interconnection offer after obtaining the Authority’s approval to such offer. Such offer shall include a full list of basic Interconnection services, conditions of Interconnection and the tariff for every service. The Authority may issue an order specifying the terms and conditions and the tariffs if it does not approve the contents of such offer in this respect, which order shall be effective from the date of issue, unless the Authority specifies another date. Such terms and conditions and tariffs shall be fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory and the tariffs shall be based on forward-looking incremental costs or by benchmarking such tariffs against tariffs in comparable Telecommunications markets. The tariffs and terms of the Interconnection offered may differ between a Licensed Operator and another only where objectively justifiable on the basis of the type of Interconnection provided. (c) A Public Telecommunications Operator in a Dominant Position shall offer Interconnection with any Licensed Operator on request by the latter on the terms and conditions and the tariffs set out in its most recent reference Interconnection offer announced by the former and shall be obliged to interconnect with the other Licensed Operator on such terms and conditions and tariffs, and shall, within three days of entering into an agreement in this respect, send a copy of such agreement to the Authority. (d) Publication of the reference Interconnection offer referred to in paragraph (b) of this Article shall be effected by: 1 sending a copy of such offer to the Authority for approval. 2 placing in each office of the Licensed Operator a copy thereof in order for any Person to inspect it free of charge during normal office hours. -40Translation dated 12 April 2009 This is an unofficial translation of the Law. It is provided for information purposes only. Reliance may only be placed upon the official Arabic version of the Law published in the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Any comments on this translation will be gratefully received by the Authority. Please email any comments to: contact@tra.org.bh