Article 14.1 of the Interconnection Guidelines requires telecommunication operators to adhere to the principle of non-discrimination with regard to interconnection offered to other telecommunications operators, in particular, it shall apply similar conditions in similar circumstances to interconnected telecommunications operators providing similar services and provide interconnection facilities and information to other telecommunications operators under the same conditions and of the same quality as it provides for its own services or those of the group of companies or partners. Article 20.2 of the Guidelines also states that the interconnecting traffic shall not be discriminated in relation to other comparable traffic in the telecommunications network of an operator and alternative routing shall be available in the event of equipment failure in either party's network or failure of a particular interconnect link.