Markets 1 and 2 - final decision


By determination of 14 August 2014, ANACOM has approved the final decisions on:

  • retail markets of access to the public telephone network at a fixed location and of telephone services provided at a fixed location - definition of relevant markets, assessment of significant market power (SMP) and imposition, maintenance, amendment or withdrawal of regulatory obligations (market 1);
     
  • the wholesale market of call origination at a fixed location - definition of product and geographic markets, assessment of SMP and imposition, maintenance, amendment or withdrawal of regulatory obligations (market 2).

Following notification to the European Commission (EC), to the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and to the national regulatory authorities (NRAs) of other Member States, and subsequent to the analysis of comments received from the EC, the final decisions differ from the notified versions as follows:

  • in terms of retail markets, the final versions include updated references to the notification process and the comments of the EC;
     
  • in terms of the wholesale market for call origination on the fixed network, the final versions include updated references to the notification process and the comments of the EC, and also explicit reference to possession of significant market power by the companies of Grupo PT, as was observed by the Commission.

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