Price of Fixed Telephone Service (FTS) calls originated on the PT network and terminated on the networks of other FTS providers (IV)

Upon analysing the tariff system proposal presented by PT Comunicações, S.A., to be applied to FTS calls carried out in direct access between clients of said company and clients of other FTS providers, and taking into account previous ICP decisions on the matter, the following was decided upon deliberation of 16 May 2001:

PT Comunicações, S.A., must change its proposal within 10 days so as to directly reflect the termination price differences of the various FTS providers, under the terms of the ICP deliberation of 3 November 2000. There must be a retail price for each termination price level charged by the other FTS providers;

Within a context of more FTS providers, with direct access clients, it should not be excluded the possibility of any tariff system grouping, should it be seen that said grouping significantly contributes towards simplifying these, and that the resulting advantages outnumber possible disadvantages.