Wholesale market for call termination on the public telephone network at a fixed location - draft decision

By determination of 12 July 2013, ANACOM has approved a draft decision on the "wholesale market for call termination on the public telephone network at a fixed location - definition of product and geographic markets, SMP assessment and the imposition, amendment or withdrawal of regulatory obligations". The draft decision is to be notified to the European Commission (EC), to the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and to the national regulatory authorities of other Member States of the European Union (EU).

On the same date, approval was given to the report on the prior hearing and public consultation to which the respective draft decision, approved by determination of 1 March 2013, was submitted. In response to these procedures, comments were received from Autoridade da Concorrência (Portuguese Competition Authority) and from the following undertakings: AR Telecom, Cabovisão, Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor (DECO), G9SA-Telecomunicações, Onitelecom, Optimus, Grupo Portugal Telecom, Vodafone Portugal and ZON TV Cabo Portugal.