8.4
Interconnection
Telecommunications
operators
will
be
required
to
provide
‘any
to
any’
connectivity
for
all
domestic
fixed-‐mobile
and
mobile-‐mobile
calls
and
data
messages.
The
TAK
will
ensure
that
interconnection
is
available
on
a
transparent,
non-‐discriminatory
and
cost-‐oriented
basis
to
all
licensed
operators,
including
the
technical,
physical
and
financial
components
of
interconnection.
8.5
Infrastructure
sharing
Regulation
will
promote
shared
access
by
operators
to
idle
infrastructure
capacity
or
infrastructure
which
is
difficult
or
inefficient
to
duplicate.
It
is
intended
that
operators
will
share
excavations,
ducts,
towers,
poles,
power
supply,
and
other
infrastructure
elements
of
their
networks
on
a
fair,
transparent
and
non-‐discriminatory
basis.
The
Government
will
introduce
infrastructure
sharing
obligations
which
will
reduce
the
cost
of
providing
competitive
services.
The
TAK
will
be
entitled
to
define
details
of
such
obligations
including,
but
not
limited
to,
access
holidays
and
sufficient
spare
capacity.
The
Government
also
believes
that
it
is
critical
to
preserve
the
limited
land
which
is
available
for
use
by
ICT
providers
in
Kiribati.
Government
may
take
actions
to
ensure
that
major
operators,
also
new,
have
infrastructure
to
facilitate
reciprocal
infrastructure
access
agreements.
8.6
Market
conduct,
mergers
and
acquisitions
The
TAK
will
be
charged
with
ensuring
fair
competition.
It
will
be
responsible
for
ensuring
that
operators
do
not
abuse
a
dominant
position,
enter
into
anti-‐competitive
agreements
or
engage
in
anti-‐competitive
behavior
in
market,
including,
inter
alia,
anti-‐competitive
cross
subsidies,
predatory
pricing,
unfair
discrimination
or
tying
arrangements.
The
TAK
will
also
review
proposed
ownership
transactions
which
could
diminish
the
level
of
competition
in
a
relevant
market
for
telecommunications
services.
8.7
Rights
of
Way
The
clauses
on
Rights
of
Way
or
Use
of
Land
in
the
present
legislation
will
be
updated
in
light
of
the
partially
new
approach
in
this
Policy.
8.8
Numbering
The
present
telephone
numbering
scheme
is
based
on
five
digits,
providing
a
maximum
capacity
of
tens
of
thousands
of
telephones.
The
capacity
is
not
sufficient
for
a
new
regime
with
several
service
providers
and
a
new
numbering
scheme
is
urgently
required
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