While prices are not regulated, if the parties fail to agree on a price within sixty days, the Regulator sets the price. Article 45 (1) states that the parties to an agreement shall, where interconnection, access, or co-location is established before the execution of an interconnection, access or co-location agreement, within sixty days of the establishment, agree on interim interconnection, access or co-location charges for a specified period until the interconnection, access or co-location agreement becomes effective. Article 45 (2) further states that where the parties fail to agree within the sixty-day period referred to under subsection (1), such charges as the Authority may determine shall apply.In 2016, Zambia published the interconnection rates applied for Fixed and Mobile Electronic Communication Networks that shall be binding on all fixed and mobile service providers until the end of 2017. In 2018, Zambia adopted statutory Instrument No 41/2018, stating that the Authority shall regulate tariffs for an electronic communications service in the absence of a declaration of dominance or the imposition of a price regulation regime.