Indefeasible rights of use

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Indefeasible right of use (IRU) is a contractual agreement between the operators of a submarine communications cable and a client.

The IRU:

shall mean the exclusive, unrestricted, and indefeasible right to use the relevant capacity (including equipment, fibers or capacity) for any legal purpose. [link]

It refers to the bandwidth purchased after the submarine cable system has sealed the Construction and Maintenance Agreement (C&MA) among the owners or after the system came into service and where the unowned capacity is available. IRU may also be purchased from the existing owner.

The right of use is indefeasible, so as the capacity purchased is also unreturnable and maintenance cost incurred becomes payable and inrefusiable.

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[Example agreement]

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