Telephone directories and information services within the scope of the universal service

By determination of 25 July 2007, it has been decided:

1) To establish a new deadline, which shall expire on 14 September 2007, so that Optimus - Telecomunicações and PT Comunicações (PTC) and Vodafone Portugal - Comunicações Pessoais and PTC pursue negotiations to conclude an agreement, pursuant to and for the purposes of article 89 of Law no. 5/2004, of 10 February, on the format and conditions governing the supply of relevant information on the respective subscribers who have made a favourable indication as to the inclusion of their personal data in telephone directories and information services within the universal service;

2) To determine that, upon expiry of the established deadline, the referred companies must submit to ICP-ANACOM copies of any agreements concluded;

3) To determine that, in case the companies have not reached the referred agreement, they must inform this Authority of the fact, describing in detail all steps taken, difficulties encountered and ways which may likely solve them, providing the respective evidence, so that ICP-ANACOM may determine the format and conditions for the provision of this information to the universal service provider.