Do stakeholders agree with the Guidelines understanding of what constitutes an ECN and in particular, with what is to be understood by providing a transmission system?
A.8 There was general agreement with the Guidelines about what it means to provide a transmission system. A.9 Easynet wished for greater clarity over the status of the various providers in a situation where provider A interconnects to provider B using network infrastructure provided by provider C. Oftels view is that in such a scenario both provider A and provider C are providing a PECN, as long as it is primarily used for the conveyance of publicly available services. A.10 Easynet also sought clarification about the status of number translation operators. Oftel’s view is that a number translation service is one component of a non-geographic number service, which is an ECS. A.11 The Operators Group and ntl want the term ‘transmission system’ to be defined more closely. In particular they seek a closer linkage between the provision of a PECN and the public availability of the services provided over it. Their example is a DSL Internet access provider which qualifies for interconnection o
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