Telecommunications Management Act Article 13

In the principles of technical feasibility, fairness and reasonableness, a telecommunications enterprise shall not reject other telecommunications enterprises’ request for negotiation of interconnection without justifiable reasons. Where interconnection is agreed by both parties, both parties shall sign an interconnection agreement, and said agreement shall include dispute handling mechanisms.To facilitate the signing of an interconnection agreement, the telecommunications enterprise, as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, shall, when another telecommunications enterprise makes a reasonable request, provide information that can facilitate the negotiation of interconnection thereto.Information that the telecommunications enterprise obtains due to the negotiation of interconnection or fulfillment of the interconnection agreement as prescribed in Paragraph 1 shall be used only in interconnection relevant services. Said telecommunications enterprise shall also adopt appropriate confidentiality measures to prevent its affiliated organization or a third party from knowing or using said data. However, if the telecommunications enterprises have a separate agreement, it shall abide thereby accordingly.Where there is any amendment to the interface of the interconnection network between telecommunications enterprises as described in Paragraph 1, it shall notify the telecommunications enterprise with which it interconnects before the amendment and provide it with necessary technical support or adjustments on the equipment to maintain the original conditions for interconnection.The telecommunications enterprise is only allowed to access or transfers the voice services provided by the enterprise who has registered itself as a telecommunications enterprise, except for the situation where the telecommunications enterprise has signed an interconnection agreement with a foreign telecommunication enterprising for the voice services.