Draft decision of ANACOM regarding the alterations to be introduced in the RIO 2005
On 3 December 2004, PT Comunicações (PTC) submitted an offer to ANACOM, regarding the prices to be practised in the scope of the Reference Interconnection Offer, to be in force in 2005 (RIO 2005).
Having assessed the offer, ANACOM takes the view that it does not comply with the principle of cost orientation of prices, as regards the prices amended below.
Thus, having regard to the grounds presented in the analysis which is an integral part of the process, in compliance with the provision of paragraph 3 of article 68 of Law no. 5/2004, of 10 February, the Board of Directors of ANACOM has determined to grant a prior hearing to interested parties, under articles 100 and 101 of the Code of Administrative Procedure, having established a 10-day time limit for the assessment in writing, on the part of these entities, of the determination intended to be adopted, which reads as follows:
PT Comunicações shall amend, within a 10-day time limit, the Reference Interconnection Offer for 2005 (RIO 2005), introducing the following alterations:
1. The maximum prices for call termination and origination services shall be as follows:
Price per minute, based on a 3-minute call
(figures in Euro cents, VAT not included)
| Level | Termination | Origination | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price per minute | Price per minute | |||
| Peak | Off-peak | Peak | Off-peak | |
| Local | 0.68 | 0.43 | 0.68 | 0.43 |
| Simple Tandem | 0.97 | 0.61 | 0.97 | 0.61 |
| Double Tandem | 1.47 | 0.90 | 1.47 | 0.90 |
The call set-up prices should not exceed 0.60 Euro cents for interconnection at Local level, 0.70 Euro cents for Single Tandem interconnection and 0,80 Euro cents for Double Tandem interconnection, these charges being applicable for call termination and call origination services. Calls shall be charged per second as from the first second. Peak Hours comprise the period from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on working days, and Off-peak hours regard the remaining periods.
2. The maximum prices for invoicing, collection and bad debt liability service shall be as follows:
(a) € 0.0303, per call, for shared cost call services, where the cost to be borne by the caller is equivalent, at the most, to Local PT (as defined in the PTC tariff);
(b) € 0.0389, per call, for the remaining non-free special services, namely customer support services, information services, universal access services, and shared cost call services, where the user bears a cost higher than that of a local call made in the scope of the Universal Service, provided by telecommunication services operators/providers.
3. The maximum price for the pre-selection activation shall be of € 7.91.
4. The maximum price for portability per individual number shall be of € 15.
5. All prices established herein shall enter into force on 1 January 2005.
6. The conditions established in the RIO shall clarify, regarding the Leased Lines Interconnection service, that the same conditions provided for as to the leased lines tariffs shall be also applicable in the scope of the RIO, namely as regards the application of discounts.
7. The prices and conditions applicable to the Management, Operation and Maintenance services, in the scope of the RIO 2004, shall be in force for the RIO 2005, according to the table below, without prejudice to the results of the analysis of a proposal of alteration thereof by PTC, which should be duly grounded.
|
Service |
Euros |
|---|---|
| Installation of a new geographical point of interconnection | €382,13 |
| Broadening of the interconnection lines of a geographical point of interconnection, with and without replacement of transmission equipment | €34,54 |
| Transfer of interconnection lines between geographical points of interconnection, with and without replacement of transmission equipment | €34,54 |
| Opening of transit between OSP | €49,93 |
| Opening of access to new services of the OSP | €555,01 |
| Opening of access to new services of PT Comunicações, S.A. | €79,16 |
| Changes in traffic routing | €43,64 |
| Changes in tariffs | €429,56 |
8. PTC shall alter Annex 2 of the RIO (Technical Features), according to the following points:
8.1. The version of the ISUP protocol (ISDN User Part) to be used shall correspond to version 3 of the ETSI ISUP (EN 300356);
8.2. The sizing of signalling channels shall be carried out according to provision Q.705 of the ITU-T.
8.3. PTC shall alter Appendix 2 (Test List SS#7) of Annex 4 of the RIO (Management, Operation and Maintenance Manual) according to the following points:
8.3.1. Regarding charging procedures, the interface between PTC and OSP shall no longer use any national messages and/or parameters;
8.3.2. Interconnection tests shall be carried out having regard to the interface features, namely as regards the number of signalling channels;
8.3.3. The supplementary services to be compulsorily tested shall include only the CLIP and the CLIR, and thus tests to COLP, COLR, CFB, CFNR, CFU and CW remain optional.
9. The Board of Directors of ANACOM recommends also that PT Comunicações expedites the implementation of automatic and swift processes of handling requests for pre-selection activation, aiming at an increase of efficiency and, therefore, at the reduction of pre-selection activation costs.
