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competition in telecommunications markets in Samoa,
including but not limited to the Fair Trading Act 1998, the
provisions of this Part shall prevail.
(3) The Regulator may issue an order that authorizes a
person to provide a telecommunications service and to construct
and operate telecommunications facilities, notwithstanding that
a service provider has been granted exclusive rights by licence,
agreement or other wise, to engage in such service provision,
construction or operation, provided that:
(a) the Regulator has given the service provider with
exclusive rights notice of:
(i) the Regulator‟s intention to issue an
order under this subsection; and
(ii) at least 21 days to comment before
such an order is made; and
(b) after taking into account any comments received
under paragraph (a), the Regulator has made an
order that the service provider with exclusive
rights has unreasonably failed or refused to
provide such services, or to construct and operate
such facilities.
26.
Designation
of
Dominant
Service
Providers-(1) Every service provider whose gross revenues in
a specific telecommunications market constitutes forty per cent
(40%) or more of the total gross revenues of all service
providers in that market, shall be designated a dominant service
provider in that market, unless and until the Regulator specifies
otherwise in an order.
(2) The Regulator may designate a service provider with
less than forty per cent (40%) of the total gross revenues in a
specific telecommunications market as a dominant service
provider if, either individually or acting together with others,
the service provider enjoys a position of economic strength
affording it the power to behave to an appreciable extent
independently of competitors or customers.
(3) The Regulator shall post and maintain on its official
web site a current list of all dominant service providers