43In that regard, it should be noted at the outset that any consideration of the market share of the universal service provider implies that the process of determining whether the burden on that provider by virtue of its universal service obligations may be unjustified has an integral comparative component which cannot be disregarded by the NRA. The mere finding of facts relating to the market share of that provider, considered in isolation, does not allow any useful conclusions to be drawn in the absence of a comparison with the market shares held by its competitors. Those conclusions may vary according to the number of competitors present in the market, the links which may exist between them, or even the different sectors of the relevant market in which those competitors are present.
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