# The Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Mobile Data Operator Licences) Regulations 2000, Paragraph 1.1: REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE CONNECTION SERVICES INCLUDING CO-LOCATION AND FACILITY SHARING


Subject to paragraphs 1.3 and 1.4 and any exercise by the Director of his functions under regulation 6(3) or 6(4) of the Interconnection Regulations, the Licensee shall to the extent requested by an Operator which is a Schedule 2 Public Operator, negotiate with that Operator with a view to concluding an Interconnection agreement (or an amendment to an existing agreeement) within a reasonable period, whereby the Licensee agrees:
(a) to connect, and keep connected, to any of the Applicable Systems, or to permit to be so connected and kept connected, the Operator’s telecommunication system and accordingly to establish and maintain such one or more Points of Connection as are reasonably required and are of sufficient capacity and in sufficient number to enable Messages conveyed or to be conveyed by means of any of the Applicable Systems to be conveyed in such a way as conveniently to meet all reasonable demands for the conveyance of Messages between the Operator’s system and the Applicable Systems; and
(b) to provide such other telecommunication services (including the conveyance of Messages which have been, or are to be, transmitted or received at such Points of Connection), information and other services which, to the extent the parties do not agree (or the Licensee is not in any event so required under or by virtue of another Condition), the Director may determine are reasonably required (but no more than reasonably required) to secure that Points of Connection are established and maintained and to enable the Operator effectively to provide the Connection Services which it provides or proposes to provide.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1714/schedule/n2/schedule/2/part/2/crossheading/condition-1_schedule-2-paragraph-1n2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-licence-modification-mobile-data-operator-licences-regulations-2000/schedule-n2/schedule-2/part-2/crossheading-condition-1_schedule-2-paragraph-1n2
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.