By decision of 14 December 2017, ANACOM has decided that the Wholesale market for call origination on the public telephone network provided at a fixed location enabling provision of special services supported by non-geographic numbering does not cumulatively meet the three criteria set forth in EU Recommendation 2014/710/EU of 9 October 2014https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=1336427 on relevant markets, as would make this market susceptible to ex-ante regulation. Consequently, there are also no operators designated as having significant market power in this wholesale market.
Accordingly, upon adoption of the final decision, the obligations imposed in this market on MEO - Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia (MEO) will cease to apply, except for the price control obligation, which must continue to apply for a further 6 months following adoption of the decision (whereby the prices for this type of origination will remain unchanged during the period concerned).
Approval was also given to this decision’s notification to the European Commission, Autoridade da Concorrência (Portuguese Competition Authority), MEO and the other interested parties.
