scope:

This Recommendation is intended to facilitate effective interconnection and support the following:

- non-discriminatory benchmarks for interconnection parameters, interconnect resources allocated to and congestion faced, if any, by outgoing as well as incoming traffic at point of interconnection (POI) of telecom networks;

- end-to-end quality of service (QoS) for users;

- prevention of under-utilization and over-provisioning of interconnect capacity and resources;

- flexibility and freedom for interconnecting parties to negotiate and finalise mutually agreeable interconnection arrangements.