By determination of 28 February 2007, ANACOM has determined not to oppose the proposal concerning the amendment of the residential tariff for the fixed telephone service (FTS), in the scope of the universal service, submitted by PT Comunicações (PTC) on 28 August 2006, and altered on 20 December 2006, provided that a set of cumulative conditions are fully met.
Thus, on the one hand, the tariff to be implemented must comprise two options for the analogue access modality: the one which corresponds to the monthly payment currently in force, rendering free-of-charge the traffic during the nights period, and another, which is optional, with a price lower than that of the monthly payment currently in force by at least 60 cents (VAT included), to which applies the current nights period tariff.
On the other hand, this tariff shall only come into force after a determination of ANACOM confirming that the companies of the PT Group have met the conditions attached to the provision of packages that charge a single price for the network line and traffic (as set out by the determination of 14 December 2005).
In addition to other procedures provided for in the law as regards the amendment to contractual conditions, PTC must guarantee the right to choose between these two options, including for this purpose an advertising space in the bill of each FTS residential customer, with a description of each available option, an indication of the tariff option that applies in case the customer does not express any contrary intention and that such a decision shall not imply any costs to the customer, and contacts available in case the customer wishes to change his tariff option.
The referred advertisement shall comply with the limitations set out in determination issued by ANACOM on 25 June 2006, on restrictive measures against action designed to win back pre-selected customers, which establishes a four-month withdrawal period, to be complied with by companies of the PT Group, in order not to constitute a win-back action.
PTC must also grant, without prejudice to the normal and periodic price review of the reference interconnection offer (RIO), a reduction by 10% on each component of the time-based interconnection model (activation price and price per minute), comprising call origination and termination. Prices thus reduced apply for the calculation and setting of the capacity-based interconnection prices.
After these conditions have been met, PTC is granted a 15-day deadline, from the date of this determination, to notify ANACOM whether that company intends to implement the tariff proposed on 20 December 2006, and to indicate the planned date of commencement of application of that tariff. To ensure the certainty of the market operation, the activities of other operators not being made subject to alterations in the internal transactions between PTC's wholesale and retail areas, with implications at the level of strategic and commercial options, that date must be set at the most within three months from this determination.
This determination integrates the report of the prior hearing granted to interested parties on the corresponding draft decision, approved by determination of 18 January 2007.
Consult:
- Residential Tariff for Universal Service fixed telephone services https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=463517
