Notification to the European Commission on the revision of the prices of CAM circuits and inter-island circuits 2021

On 3 March 2022, ANACOM approved a draft final decision on the revision of the prices of the circuits connecting Mainland Portugal and the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira (CAM circuits) and of the prices of the circuits connecting the different islands of the Azores (inter-island circuits) using submarine cables owned by MEO - Serviços de Comunicação e Multimédia (MEO). This decision is taken in the context of the Leased Lines Reference Offer (LLRO) and the Reference Ethernet Leased Lines Offer (RELLO).

Approval was also given to the report on the prior hearing to which the respective draft decision was submitted (draft decisionhttps://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=1712968 approved on 10 December 2021). In response to these procedures, contributions were received from: MEO, NOS SGPS (on behalf of its subsidiaries NOS Comunicações, NOS Açores Comunicações, NOS Madeira Comunicações and NOS Wholesale), NOWO Communications, Onitelecom – Infocomunicações and Vodafone Portugal – Comunicações Pessoais.

In accordance with applicable procedures, this draft decision is to be notified to the European Commission, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the national regulatory authorities of other European Union Member States.