Circular No. 07/2015/BTTTT: Forms of shared use of connecting place in Vietnam

According to the Circular No. 07/2015/BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam, shared use of connecting place is when telecommunications enterprises negotiate and reach an agreement on location, conditions for fitting up connecting devices, auxiliary devices serving the connectivity (power supply, air-conditioner, etc) at the place of connection and specific location of the connecting point.

Forms of shared use of connecting place include:

First, shared use of real point of interconnection: interconnection requesting enterprises are responsible for the initial install of cables used for interconnection; interconnection providing enterprises shall arrange a premise for installing interconnecting devices, auxiliary devices serving the interconnection (power supply, air-conditioner, etc) and other essential conditions (for operating and maintaining devices, etc) at their own place of interconnection.

In this case, connecting point will be on a distribution frame (DDF, ODF or MDF) at the point of interconnection of the interconnection providing enterprises determined by participating enterprises;

Second, shared use of virtual interconnection point: participating enterprises ensure themselves places to fit up their own connecting devices; negotiate an agreement on building up connecting lines and pay the cost for their own installing, operating, maintaining connecting devices.

For this case, the place of interconnection is a point on the connecting line decided by participating enterprises.

However, except for case of other regulations of laws or other agreements among participating enterprises, the principle of using the same point of interconnection at satisfactory places shall be applied to improve the quality, reduce interconnection cost and facilitate enterprises to join the interconnection system.

View more details at the Circular No. 07/2015/BTTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam, effective from May 10, 2015.

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