Category: Access and Interconnection

In the ICT regulatory framework, Access and Interconnection is the set of technical and legal rules that ensure different networks function as a single, seamless global system. This category focuses on the “physical and logical linking” of networks so that a user on one service can communicate with a user on any other, regardless of which company provides the connection.

Without these regulations, a large network could act as a “walled garden,” refusing to let its users call or text people on smaller, newer networks. Interconnection rules prevent this by mandating that all authorized operators must allow their systems to talk to one another.