Draft decision suspending the use of audiotext service access codes

By determination of 28 March, ANACOM decided, under article 13 of Decree-Law No 177/99, of 21 May, to notify two audiotext service providers (Códigoeco – Estudos de Mercado, Unipessoal, Lda. and Horas Cheias – Comunicações Eletrónicas, Unipessoal, Lda.) to assess within 10 working days, in accordance with articles 100 and 101 of the Administrative Procedure Code, if they so wish, a draft decision suspending the use of access codes of the “607” numbering range allocated to them.

The referred draft decision follows a set of monitoring activities in the course of which several cases of irregularity in the provision of audiotext services by those providers were found, namely the fact they such services failed to coincide with the nature and contents described when access codes were applied for, as well as the fact that some of these services do not observe price information obligations under the law.

In case the corrective measures set out fail to be complied with, ANACOM will determine the revocation of the respective registrations.