CRA’s Orders to facilitate and simplify the signatures of Agreements based on Reference Interconnection Offers (RIO) of Ooredoo and Vodafone and on the Reference Transmission Offer (RTO) of Ooredoo

The CRA has amended the clauses on Acceptance Procedures of the RIOs and RTO approved in May 2015.

This will facilitate the implementation of agreements based on Wholesale Reference Offers and reduce the time for signing the agreements.

The same amendments were already approved in June 2016 for the Reference Infrastructure Access Offer (RIAO) of Ooredoo.

General provisions of the Wholesale Reference Offers, including the Acceptance Procedures, shall be alike for all Wholesale Reference Offers to simplify the relations between Access Providers and the Access Seekers, which can apply similar provisions in all their agreements. Indeed the above also ensures consistency in the regulatory approach.

Accord to the above, the CRA has now made the clause on the Acceptance Procedures of the RIOs and of the RTO consistent with that of the RIAO.

At the following can be downloaded:

1. The Order amending the RIOs and the RTO (CRA 2016/10/13) (ORDERS to Ooredoo and Vodafone CRA 2016 10 13.pdf);
2. The approved RIO of Ooredoo (RIO of Ooredoo amended in October 2016 redline version.pdf);
3. The approved RTO of Ooredoo (RTO of Ooredoo amended in October 2016 redline version.pdf);
4. The Approved RIO of Vodafone (RIO of Vodafone amended in October 2016 redline version.pdf).

The Wholesale Reference Offer are immediately available to Licensed Operators.

Ooredoo and Vodafone have been also required to publish their approved Wholesale Reference Offers on their website.