MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 :: NO. 66

P 2 : CURRENT EVENTS P 4 : PORTED NUMBERS P 3 : RADIATION MEASUREMENT REGULATION APPROVED P 5 : EUROPEAN UNION P 3 : CTT – PRICE AND QUALITY CONVENTION P 8 : WORLD POST DAY Contents

SONAECOM BID FOR PT – INVITATION TO STATE POSITIONS The Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) has asked potential prior hearing of all interested parties would be extremely useful before issuing interested parties to express in writing, by 9 October 2006 (deadline later exten- this Authority’s final opinion on the said operation. (+info) ded to 11 October), their position vis-à-vis the merger operation resulting from This Authority’s previous communication on the process of thorough investi- Sonaecom’s takeover of Portugal Telecom and PT Multimédia. The invitation was gation of the merger operation involving Sonaecom and Portugal Telecom is also decided by a determination dated 29 September 2006, bearing in mind that the available for consultation. (+info)

RESIDENTIAL PRICE TABLE FOR FIXED LINE TELEPHONE SERVICE In a draft decision dated 28 September ANACOM determined that it would not after an ANACOM determination confirming that the Grupo PT companies have oppose the proposal to modify the residential tariff for telephone service sup- fulfilled the conditions associated to the provision of offers combining traffic and plied at a fixed location (FTS) under universal service, submitted by PT Comuni- network line in one single price. This determination is under public consultation cações (PTC) on 28 August 2006, as long as certain conditions are fully and until 2 November 2006; interested parties are asked to submit their comments, cumulatively accomplished. Among them, the price table will only take effect preferably by electronic mail to [email protected] . (+info)

VODAFONE PORTUGAL “HOMEPHONE” ANACOM approved in a determination dated 14 September 2006 the draft deci- as a set of compulsory conditions are fulfilled. The determination was submitted sion concerning the supply of electronic communication services designated as to the prior hearing of Vodafone Portugal and the company given ten days to “Homephone”, submitted by Vodafone Portugal on 8 August. This draft decision give its position. Other interested parties, namely users and consumers, were allows the use of the Vodafone Portugal land mobile network’s GSM and UMTS also given, in place of public consultation, ten working days (until 28 September) frequencies in the local access network for the provision of fixed site telephone to comment (preferably by electronic mail to [email protected] ). (+info) service by the company, with the typical features of the service rendered, as long

WORKSHOPS ON THE COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR

ANACOM plans to regularly conduct workshops in which academic and consultancy projects or works involving the communication sector will be presented and debated. The initiative gets under way with a series of three events scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2006. ANACOM’s aim is to encourage the knowledge, reflection and discussion of diverse topics of interest for the sector, especially those related to its regulatory activity. (+info) The first workshop was held on 3 October in Lisbon, with presentation of the study on “Prices and Price-cost Margins of Mobile Voice Services”, by professors Ricardo Cabral and Corrado Andini of the University of Madeira and Henry Chappell of the University of South Carolina in the USA. Available on-line, the study is the exclusive responsibility of its authors and does not commit or set out any position of ANACOM. The work was carried out per the call to submit studies launched by this Authority in 2005 at various national universities. (+info)

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CURRENT EVENTS

CHANGES TO THE LEASED LINES REFERENCE OFFER APPROVED of powers of the members of the Board of Directors in management were appro- The Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) approved in a determi- ved, decisions which were published in the Diário da República (2nd Series) on nation dated 7 September 2006 the decision concerning the leased lines refe- 4 October. (+info) rence offer (LLRO), which ordered PT Comunicações (PTC) to amend said ins- trument within ten working days. The changes in question included the following NATIONAL NUMBERING PLAN PTC obligations: the company must inform 30 days beforehand the operator or Information on the summarised national numbering plan (NNP) has been upda- provider of the service involved of any interruption or suspension of services for ted with respect to telephone service publicly available at a fixed site, nomad non-payment for the contracted services; it must also commit to paying com- VoIP service, voice mail service and shared cost call service. pensation for non-compliance, as long as the service’s operator or provider has (+info, Portuguese only) provided the service forecast plans; and must also take into account a set of maximum prices. The report from the prior hearing of interested parties is an HIRING – HOLDER OF ENGINEERING DEGREE integral part of this decision. (+info) ANACOM is seeking to hire for its Lisbon headquarters the holder of a licen- ciatura degree in electronic engineering, with candidates asked to submit their 2005 REGULATION REPORT information by 15 October 2006. The job in question concerns the carrying out of The 2005 ANACOM Regulation Report has been available since 10 August, thus duties involving issues related to spectrum management and planning. fulfilling the provisions of this Authority’s statutes, approved by Decree-Law no. (+info, Portuguese only) 309/2001 of 7 December. This edition is divided into three different parts: the Regulation Report, the Situation of Communications and the Activities Report. FCCN REACHES 100,000 .pt DOMAIN REGISTRATIONS The first presents the main aspects orienting the regulator’s activity, as well as The Foundation for National Scientific Computation (FCCN), the body which the description of how ANACOM’s activities were conducted in 2005 in order to oversees the service of registering .pt domains, announced on 9 August that achieve its aims. The second part, which had been published separately on-line, it had topped 100,000 .pt domain registrations, a goal it had only expected to describes the most notable features of the communications sector in Portugal achieve by the end of 2006. Most of the registrations were in the .pt domain (71 and its performance during the course of the analysis period. ANACOM’s activi- percent), followed by the .com.pt domain (19 percent) and edu.pt (8.9 percent). ties in 2005, grouped by its three main functional areas, make up the third part. (+info, Portuguese only) (+info) The ANACOM Report and Accounts for 2005 was also released on the same AdC RULES AGAINST SIC, PT MULTIMÉDIA AND TV CABO date. (+info) The Competition Authority (AdC – Autoridade da Concorrência) has ruled that the contract signed by SIC, PT Multimédia and TV Cabo, a so-called “Partnership NEW TRAINERS FOR TELECOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURES Agreement”, contains clauses that limit competition. The AdC has thus ruled IN BUILDINGS that the companies must pay a total fine of 3.04 million euros and has ordered ANACOM approved by determination dated 21 September 2005 the designation them to amend the contract, eliminating the anti-competitive clauses. of CIFOTIE (Centro Internacional de Formação dos Trabalhadores da Industria (+info, Portuguese only) e Energia) as a training entity for telecommunications infrastructures in buil- dings (the Portuguese acronym is ITED) able to give authorised courses to elec- SIRESP USERS EXEMPT FROM FEES tricians about the installation and conservation of ITED and ITED planning. This Decree-Law no. 167/2006 was published on 16 August and modifies article 19 designation is valid for three years after the date of respective approval, with the of Decree-Law no. 151-A/2000 of 20 July (see page 4). This change exempts company required to maintain the conditions existing at the designation date. from payment of the fees envisaged in section 1 of that provision, namely the (+info, Portuguese only) fees for the use of radio spectrum, those entities at any time involved in the On 10 August 2006 this Authority also designated FORPRO – Formação Profis- Portuguese Integrated System of Emergency and Security Networks (SIRESP), sional, C.R.L., as an ITED training entity. (+info, Portuguese only) specifically the management entity, the operator and its users, such as Civil Pro- On the same date it was determined that E.M. Soares, Lda., should be continue tection, the National Fire-fighters Service, the Army, the Portuguese Red Cross to be registered as an ITED training entity. (+info, Portuguese only) and the Directorate General of Forests, among others. (+info)

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENCE CASES WORKSHOP FOR AICEP UPPER MANAGEMENT Two new ANACOM decisions have been published regarding administrative The Portuguese Foundation for Communications in Lisbon will host on 23-25 offence cases in the area of personal data processing and privacy protection in October a workshop for upper management of the Association of Postal and Tele- electronic communications and postal services. (+info, Portuguese only) communications Operators in the Portuguese-speaking Countries and Territories (AICEP). Among other topics, the event will cover regulation in the postal and PT UPDATES REFERENCE OFFERS telecommunications sectors. The updated versions of the reference offer for access to the ADSL broadband network, the reference interconnection offer (RIO), the reference internet access SECOND QUARTER 2006 STATISTICS RELEASED offer (RIAO) and the leased lines reference offer (LLRO) have been published by ANACOM has released second quarter statistical data (see supplement inclu- Portugal Telecom on the respective internet website. (+info, Portuguese only) ded in this edition) concerning fixed telephone service, mobile telephone service, trunking mobile service, postal services, cable distribution networks and data SUB-DELEGATION OF POWERS IN ANACOM transmission/internet access services. (+info) By determination dated 27 July and orders of 28 July 2006 the sub-delegations Spectru Newsletter :: September/October 2006 :: No. 66 3

EVALUATION OF NON-IONISING RADIATION

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q Requests 122 85 48 47 51 39 36 44 37 39 34 26 35 41 34 24 31 44 23 Analyses completed 122 85 48 46 51 38 36 43 36 39 34 26 35 37 32 22 22 26 5 Values at least 50 times less than the 120 84 46 44 51 38 34 41 34 33 33 26 34 36 31 19 22 26 5 ref. Admin. Rule (1421/2004 of 23 Nov.)

RADIATION MEASUREMENT REGULATION APPROVED The Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM) has approved the Regu- (official gazette) and the entrance into force of this regulation are thus suspen- lation concerning the procedures for monitoring and measuring the intensity of ded until the EC announces its position on same and eventual modifications are electromagnetic fields that originate in radiocommunication stations. As a draft introduced, or until three months have passed since the Commission received technical rule, this Regulation may be included in the previsions of Decree-Law the notification. The final report of the consultation to which the draft regulation no. 58/2000 of 18 April. The European Commission (EC) must hence be notified, was subject, per the determination dated 15 May 2003, is an integral part of the by the Portuguese Quality Institute. The publication in the Diário da República decision. (+info)

CTT – PRICE AND QUALITY CONVENTIONS The Price and Quality Conventions for Universal Postal Service signed by April 2006 were published on 20 September in the 2nd Series of the Diário da ANACOM and the CTT-Correios de Portugal (Portuguese postal service) on 21 República and should be in force until 31 December 2006. (+info)

WORKSHOP ON NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS (NGN) ANACOM held on 9-10 October in Lisbon a workshop on next generation and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). At a time when the first networks (NGN). The convergence of traditional communication networks (ISDN/ versions of international recommendations/standards for this area are appea- PSTN/PLMN) with IP networks has been subject to standardisation efforts in ring, it is important to debate and verify not just the state of the art with respect various international organisations, such as the Third Generation Partnership to the technology suppliers, but also the respective strategy of the national ope- Project (3GPP), the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) rators. (+info)

CO-OPERATION TRAINING WITH THE PALOP COUNTRIES AND EAST TIMOR ANACOM hosted on 18-28 September representatives from the Portuguese- tions were also given on gauging the quality of the GSM mobile networks, con- -speaking African Countries (PALOP – Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Por- vergence platforms/new technologies, standardisation, complaint management tuguesa) and East Timor for two training sessions, one on rules and regulations methods and techniques, numbering, number portability and pre-selection, inter- for the communications sector and the other on spectrum management. Twelve national participation and co-operation. The action on spectrum management, trainees attended the session on communications rules and regulation, which which counted 13 participants, focused on the following topics: spectrum covered various topics: rules and legal issues, regulatory costing, systems for planning and engineering, land mobile services, maritime mobile and aeronau- operators’ cost accounting, market regulation, methods for gathering, proces- tic mobile, fixed service, satellite service, broadcasting service, and spectrum sing and analysing statistical information, methodologies for defining relevant monitoring and control. markets, market analysis and evaluation of significant market power. Presenta- 4 COMMUNICATIONS IN PORTUGAL

PORTED NUMBERS

2005 2006 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sep TSFL 211 759 219 092 228 731 239 478 252 984 265 077 281 753 295 502 314 749 327 983 344 547 359 003 372 508 386 848 398 609 MTS 58 608 61 547 64 764 67 491 70 692 73 394 76 957 80 456 85 178 88 251 92 197 95 416 99 018 102 809 106 625 NGS* 312 320 329 333 347 351 396 399 432 438 461 474 503 520 532 TOTAL 270 679 280 959 293 824 307 302 324 023 338 822 359 102 376 357 400 359 416 672 437 205 454893 472 029 490 177 505 766

* The non-geographic services (NGS) whose numbers can be ported are the following: Free Call for User Service (800), Shared Cost Call Service (808, 809) and Universal Access Service (707).

MAJOR PLANNING OPTIONS FOR 2007 The Major Planning Options for 2007 (Law no. 52/2006 of 1 September) have other aspects the aim is to ensure the commercial offer of digital terrestrial tele- been published, which are part of the country’s economic and social develop- vision (DTT) and to create conditions to extend DTT to mobile DVBH television, ment strategy as defined by the 17th Constitutional Government. The sector- per the available radio spectrum, and to determine a strategy for the develop- -relevant measures are basically set out in the first and third planning options. ment of digital audio broadcasting (DAB). As for postal services, the aim is to Noteworthy is free public broadband access, the creation of national fibre optic ensure the liberalisation of postal services and the launch of the postal bank, infrastructure for scientific and academic communication (RCTS), the empha- and to encourage innovation and the supply of new services. Consumer protec- sis on R&D and vocational training in ICTs and the gradual adoption throughout tion merits special attention, specifically in plans calling for the promotion in public higher education of voice over IP communications as well as grouped 2007 of ways to co-ordinate between the future Consumer Directorate General electronic purchasing systems. Regarding new services/technologies, among and the sector and competition regulatory bodies. (+info)

NEWLY ENACTED LEGISLATION

• Orders nos. 20352/2006, 20353/2006 and 20354/2006 (2nd Series – Part E, Diário da República of 6 October) – Delegation of powers in the ANACOM directors. • Determination no. 1386/2006 and Orders nos. 20231/2006, 20232/2006, 20233/2006, 20234/2006, 20235/2006, 20236/2006, 20237/2006 and 20238/2006 (2nd Series – Part E, D.R. of 4 October) – Delegation of powers in the ANACOM directors. • Announcement (2nd Series – Special Part, D.R. of 20 September) – Universal postal service quality convention signed by ANACOM and the CTT-Correios de Portugal. • Notice (2nd Series – Special Part, D.R. of 20 September) – Universal postal service price convention signed by ANACOM and the CTT-Correios de Portugal. • Law no. 52/2006 (1st Series, D.R. of 1 September) – Approves the Major Planning Options for 2007. • Determination no. 1144/2006 (2nd Series – Part E, D.R. of 29 August) – Delegation of powers of the ANACOM Board of Directors to its members. • Law no. 39/2006 (1st Series, D.R. of 25 August) – Establishes the legal basis for dispensing with or special attenuation of fine in administrative offence cases for infringement of national competition rules. • Decree-Law no. 167/2006 (1st Series, D.R. of 16 August) – Modifies Decree-Law no. 151-A/2000 of 20 July, which establishes the regime applicable to the licensing of radiocommunication networks and stations and oversight of the installation of said stations and the use of radio spectrum, as well as determination of the principles applicable to radio fees, protection from exposure to electromagnetic radiation and the sharing of radiocommunication infrastructures.

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PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS

IMT-2000/UMTS – DRAFT FREQUENCY DESIGNATION A public consultation on the ECC draft decision concerning designation of the 880-915 MHz, 925-960 MHz, 1710-1785 MHz and 1805-1880 MHz frequency bands for IMT-2000/UMTS terrestrial systems may be consulted on the website of the European Radiocommunications Office (ERO). Responses to this consultation, laun- ched by the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT), must be submitted in English by 30 October 2006 to the e-mail address [email protected] . (+info)

ON-LINE CONTENT A public consultation launched by the European Commission on 28 July and concerning on-line digital content in the internal market is under way until 13 October 2006. The consultation is open to industry, especially internet service and content providers, consumer defence organisations, regulators and all interested parties, and aims to gather contributions with a view to ascertaining ways to encourage growth of a European Union market for on-line digital content, such as films, music and games. The Commission seeks to promote the development of innovative business models and the cross-border provision of on-line digital content; responses will be used to draw up a communication on on-line content, which should presumably be adopted in late 2006. (+info)

EUROPEAN UNION BROADBAND PENETRATION IN EUROPE on the regulatory framework. Lastly, the study “Experts’ Report in Relation with The European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA) published the Review of the Recommendation on Markets Subject to ex ante Regulation” on 14 September the main results of its most recent “ECTA Broadband Score- consists of an opinion on revision of the Recommendation concerning relevant card”, concerning the first quarter of 2006. It contains statistical data on the markets subject to ex ante regulation, excluding markets 17 and 18. (+info) situation of broadband penetration in the 25 European Union (EU) Member Brussels hosted on 10 October a workshop on the process of revising the cur- States. The report indicates that the number of broadband connections grew by rent regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services nearly 9 percent between the last quarter of 2005 and the first quarter of 2006, (2006 Review) and the Recommendation on relevant markets. The documents from a total of 58.8 million to 64.3 million connections. (+info) on 2006 Review put up for public consultation in July by the European Commis- sion were specifically discussed, along with the contributions received since STUDY ON ON-LINE PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE EU then. (+info)

The European Union recently published the latest study on e-Government, titled BAROMETER ON ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS IN THE EU “On-line Availability of Public Services: how is Europe progressing?” Prepared by the Capgemini consultancy firm, it assesses EU progress in making public ser- Nearly one in four EU households possess a broadband internet connection, vices available on-line, analysing nearly 14,000 websites in the 25 EU Member indicates the “Special Eurobarometer 249 – e-communications household States, along with Norway, Switzerland and Iceland. The results indicate an survey”, a study recently published by the European Commission with a view improvement in the maturity of the on-line public services available in the EU. to describing the current EU situation vis-à-vis the population’s access to elec- A level of sophistication was reached in 2006 which currently allows nearly half tronic communications. The results for Portugal indicate that 82 percent of the of the analysed EU public services to be fully available on the internet. Regarding Portuguese do not have home-based internet access, while nearly 71 percent of Portugal, the study reveals that about 60 percent of public services are totally those that do have a broadband connection. (+info) available on-line. (+info) CEPT DEBATES REGULATORY CHALLENGES 2006 REVIEW – STUDIES AND WORKSHOP The 13th CEPT Conference, on the topic of “Regulations under Challenge”, is The European Commission recently released three studies concerning the scheduled for 11-12 October in Berlin. The event is regularly organised by the review of the current regulatory framework for electronic communications (2006 European Radiocommunications Office (ERO) of CEPT; this time, due to the topic Review). The first one, “An Assessment of the Regulatory Framework for Elec- chosen, in liaison with the European Commission. (+info) tronic Communications: growth and investment in the EU e-communications sector”, examines data on investment in the EU Member States’ electronic CONFERENCE ON RFID TECHNOLOGY IN EUROPE communications markets. The second study, “Preparing the Next Steps in Regu- lation of Electronic Communications”, seeks to gauge just how far the current The European Commission plans to hold on 16 October in Brussels a conference regulatory framework for electronic communications has helped achieve the to present the main conclusions of the public consultation on radio frequency Commission’s goals and what changes should be considered, as well as future identification (RFID) technology, open from 3 July to 30 September 2006, and prospects for the sector, identifying the implications such evolution will have which is available on the “Your Voice in Europe” website. (+info) 6 COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THE WORLD

CEPT (EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATIONS) MEETINGS ECC WG NNA ECC CPG The seventh meeting of the Numbering, Names and Addressing group (WG NNA) The Polish city of Gdansk hosted on 11-14 July the sixth meeting of the CPG-07 of the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) was held on 20-21 Septem- group, which is overseeing European preparations for the 2007 World Radiocom- ber in Lisbon. (+info) munications Conference (WRC-07). (+info) ECC PT1 CERP – WG POLICY ISSUES The 22nd meting of ECC project team 1 (ECC PT1) was held on 12-14 September The Policy Issues working group (WG) of the European Committee for Postal in Vilnius, Lithuania, attended by nearly 70 participants. (+info) Regulation (CERP) held a meeting on 8 September in Paris, co-chaired by the ECC PT SE 19 Netherlands and Norway. (+info) Copenhagen hosted on 6-8 September the 36th meeting of the PT SE19 group, ITU WG – PT PP06 which covers fixed service issues. (+info) The ninth and last meeting of the CEPT ITU WG project team (PT) in charge of ECC – EXTRAORDINARY MEETING preparing for the upcoming Plenipotentiary Conference (PP) of the International The first extraordinary meeting of the ECC was held in Copenhagen on 29 August, Telecommunication Union (ITU) was held on 18-20 September in Berlin. (+info) with nearly 10 administrations represented. (+info) ECC PT SE 7 The PT SE7 group, which covers land mobile service issues, met on 15-17 August in Helsinki. (+info)

INDEPENDENT REGULATORS GROUP (IRG) PT NGN WG IRG SMP The project team for Next Generation Networks (NGN) of the IRG’s Fixed The IRG’s Significant Market Power working group (WG SMP) met on 29 August Networks working group (WG FN) met on 23 August in the Hague. (+info) in Prague. (+info) WG FIXED NETWORKS (WG FN) The Fixed Networks working group (WG FN) of the IRG met on 29-30 August in Vienna. (+info)

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU) NEW COUNCIL OVERSIGHT GROUP STUDY GROUP – SG4 (FIXED SATELLITE SERVICE) The ninth and last meeting of the ITU’s New Council Oversight Group (NCOG) Geneva hosted from 25 August to 1 September a meeting of the 4-9S working was held on 13 September in Geneva, in the format approved by the 2005 group of Working Party 4 (WP4-9S) of the ITU Radiocommunications Sector session and revalidated by the 2006 Council session. (+info) (ITU-R). (+info)

COUNCIL WG ON THE FINANCIAL AND STRATEGY PLANS STUDY GROUPS 1 AND 2 The sixth and last meeting of the ITU Council working group in charge of prepa- Study Groups (SG) 1 and 2 of the ITU Telecommunications Development Sector ring drafts of the ITU’s financial and strategy plans for the 2008-2011 four-year (ITU-D) met in Geneva on 4-6 September and 7-9 September, respectively. period was held in Geneva on 14-15 September. (+info) (+info)

EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS INSTITUTE (ETSI) OCG ECN&S GROUP The French city of Sophia Antipolis hosted on 4 September the 15th meeting of ETSI’s OCG ECN&S (Operational Co-ordination Group – Electronic Communications Networks and Services). (+info)

BEST PRACTICES FOR ISPS TO COUNTER PHISHING PUBLISHED The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) and the Anti-Phishing addressees to fraudulent websites, in order to obtain private financial informa- Working Group (APWG) have published a document containing some of the best tion such as credit card numbers and names and passwords used to access practices used by MAAWG members to fight against phishing attacks, titled bank accounts. Phishing is a threat for the information security of users and “Anti-Phishing Best Practices for ISPs and Mailbox Providers”. Phishing is a companies active on the internet and is a stumbling block in the development form of on-line identity theft which uses deceptive e-mail messages to conduct of electronic commerce. (+info) Spectru Newsletter :: September/October 2006 :: No. 66 7

NEWS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES

GERMANY – Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) • The German regulator has decided to order the incumbent operator Deutsche (EAT) which analyses whether competitiveness between two infrastructures – Telekom to allow its competitors, whenever they so request, to access the the copper-wire network of KPN and the cable networks – is sufficient and so-called IP bitstream access. (+info) effective to maintain the current situation of non-regulation of the market for • BNetzA has decided to apply ex ante regulation in call termination in mobile fixed communications. (+info) networks. This measure obliges the four mobile operators to interconnect their networks with the aim of receiving calls from competitors in a non-discrimina- THE NETHERLANDS – Ministerie van Financiën tory manner and with rates oriented to the cost of efficient service. (+info) • The Dutch state plans to sell the eight percent stake it still holds in KPN, the incumbent telecom operator in the Netherlands. The measure, expected to bring BELGIUM – Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications in estimated revenue of 1.7 billion euros, ends the process of liberalising the (BIPT) sector begun in 1989. (+info) • The regulator has published its decision on seven fixed telephony markets (markets 3 to 6 and markets 8 to 10). (+info) IRELAND – Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) • The regulator has placed in public consultation the definition of a new system SPAIN – Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones (CMT) to account for the universal postal service provision costs of An Post, the Irish • The number of broadband internet connections reached 6.01 million lines universal service provider. Responses to the consultation should be submitted at the end of August, for a penetration rate of 13.6 lines per 100 inhabitants. by 31 October. (+info) (+info) The report on the quality of postal service provided by the incumbent operator, • The regulator has set the average maximum prices for interconnection ser- An Post, in the second quarter of 2006 has been published. (+info) vices in voice call termination – the fees that the Spanish mobile operators • ComReg has placed in public consultation until 31 October the process of revi- (Telefónica, Vodafone and Amena) charge each other for call termination in their sing the regulation to apply in the markets for fixed retail calls. (+info) own network. (+info) • New sections have been launched on the website www.callcosts.ie, which will • The CMT has asked Telefónica to make available a new wholesale ADSL offer allow consumers to compare the price tables for fixed telephones, mobile tele- (GigADSL), thus enabling the other operators to present competitive offers in phones and the broadband offers of the various operators. (+info) conditions of equality. (+info) • The regulator has published the revision of the regulatory framework applica- • The regulator has approved the local loop unbundling offer presented by Tele- ble to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. (+info) fónica. (+info) MACAU – Direcção dos Serviços de Regulação de Telecomunicações (DSRT) • The Office for the Development of Telecommunications and Information Tech- FRANCE – Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques nologies (GDTTI) has changed its designation to the Directorate of Telecommu- et des Postes (ARCEP) nications Regulation Services (DSRT), assuming all the duties of the former • The first balance has been presented of the commitment signed in May 2005 body with respect to development and regulation of the telecommunications and by ARCEP, the French Association of Mobile Operators (AFOM) and the Ministe- information technologies sector in Macau. (+info) rial Delegation of Disabled Persons (DIPH) to facilitate mobile telephony access UNITED KINGDOM – Office of Communications (Ofcom) for the disabled. (+info) • The regulator has published the revision of the access services code (subti- • The regulator has decided to set the prices to apply in 2007 to voice call termi- tling, signing and audio description) to be followed by British television stations. nation in the mobile networks of the operators Orange France, Société Française These services are particularly important in enabling citizens who cannot see or du Radiotéléphone (SFR) and Bouygues Telecom. (+info) hear (or otherwise have visual or audio impairments) to enjoy television service. • At the end of the second quarter of 2006 there were 11.1 million broadband (+info) internet connections, of which 10.5 million used ADSL technology. (+info) • Ofcom plans to go ahead with the decision to add the 071 to 075 numbering • The instrument that sets out the responsibility applicable to the postal service range to the national telephone numbering plan so that those numbers can be providers has been published. (+info) used to provide mobile services. (+info) • Updated information has been published on progress in the process of crea- • A public consultation is under way until 25 October on modification of the price ting a universal yearbook of telephone service (fixed and mobile). (+info) policy practiced by British Telecom (BT) in public payphones. (+info) • The regulator has published a study on the potential indirect impacts of the THE NETHERLANDS – Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie new directive on audiovisual services proposed by the European Commission, Autoriteit (OPTA) which will replace the current “Television Without Borders”. (+info) • The regulator has published a study by the Economic Analysis Department

GOOGLE DEVELOPES SEARCH ENGINE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED The Google laboratory is developing the Google Accessible Search, a search developed in line with the technical requirements for accessibility, namely those engine particularly useful for blind or visually impaired web surfers. The service, set out in the “Web Content Access Guidelines” of the World Wide Web Consor- still in experimental phase, will be yet another alternative function of the inter- tium (W3C). This W3C document has since 2002 been the reference for the work net research giant. It aims to highlight and emphasise the position of websites that ANACOM provides at www.anacom.pt . (+info) 8 Spectru Newsletter :: September/October 2006 :: No. 66

DETERMINATIONS ADOPTED BY ANACOM – 3RD QUARTER 2006

Date Decision 14.09.2006 Vodafone Portugal “Homephone” offer (draft decision) (+info) 07.09.2006 Leased lines reference offer (+info) 10.08.2006 Maintenance of registration of the certifying entity E.M. Soares, Lda. (+info, Portuguese only) 10.08.2006 Designation of FORPRO – Formação Profissional, C.R.L., as an ITED training entity (+info, Portuguese only) 27.07.2006 Draft Regulation on closing and cutting the working hours of postal stations (+info) 27.07.2006 Statistical indicators for services based on UMTS (draft decision) (+info) 27.07.2006 Statistical indicators of the markets for fixed switched low bitstream services (draft decision) (+info) 27.07.2006 Statistical indicators of the broadband markets (draft decision) (+info) 27.07.2006 Statistical information the providers of VoIP nomad services must submit to ANACOM (+info) 27.07.2006 Statistical indicators of the leased lines markets (draft decision) (+info) 27.07.2006 Statistical indicators of trunking mobile service (draft decision) (+info) 20.07.2006 Maintenance of the registration of the certifying entity PT Comunicações (Braga branch) (+info, Portuguese only) 20.07.2006 Partial cancellation of the registration of the certifying entity PT Comunicações (Viana do Castelo branch) (+info, Portuguese only) 20.07.2006 Cancellation of the registration of the certifying entity Vasconcelos & Filho (+info, Portuguese only) 20.07.2006 Issuance of title renewing the rights to use the frequencies of Vodafone (+info) 20.07.2006 Adhesion contract for the provision of telephone service publicly available at a fixed location (+info, Portuguese only) Draft Regulation on the methodology for monitoring and measuring the intensity levels of electromagnetic fields resulting from emissions 13.07.2006 from radiocommunication stations (+info) 13.07.2006 Modification of the 2005/2006 NFAP (+info) 06.07.2006 Renewal of the frequency usage rights assigned to SIC and TVI to conduct television broadcasting activity (+info) 06.07.2006 Option between detailed or non-detailed billing (+info) 06.07.2006 Maintenance of the registration of the certifying entity CERTITEJO (+info, Portuguese only)

WORLD POST DAY World Post Day was marked on 9 October, with a commemorative ceremony held in Ancient Times” by Luís Manuel de Araújo was also presented, and the project at the Portuguese Foundation for Communications (FPC). During the event the to “Stimulate Reading and Writing” was launched. The prizes for the 2006 letter exhibitions on “The Transmission of Knowledge: from codex to printed word” and writing contest were awarded and the 2007 contest launched. (+info) “Designs, Stamp Originals from India” were opened. The book “Communications

IN OCTOBER 2006

MEETINGS EVENTS CEPT OECD - Arrábida Forum – Rethinking the Informa- Assembly ICCP (4-5) tion and Knowledge Society ‘Security, - WG ITU (9-10) Privacy and Digital Identity’ Conference (11-12) ITU Setúbal (Portugal), 20-21 (sponsored by ANACOM) ECC Radiocommunications Sector - Heterogeneous Wireless Access Environment - CPG/PT2&PT3 (2-6) - WP 1A (9-13) (in the context of end-to-end networking) - WGRA (17-20) Lisbon (Portugal), 20 EU - WGRRC-06 (18-19) - “aLANtejo 2006” Congress Radio Spectrum Committee – RSC (3-5) - TG3 (18-20) Évora (Portugal), 20-22 (sponsored by ANACOM) Telecoms Group (5, 12, 23 e 31) - CPG/PT4 (24-25) - 7th Congress of Security of Information Commission 2006 Review Workshop (10) ERO/ETO Systems, Lisbon (Portugal), 18-19 Meeting with the EC – postal services (11) - Extraordinary Council (13) - 2nd Congress on Doment Management, COCOM (25) Content Management, Workflow and Digital CPLP UPU Archives, Lisbon (Portugal), 18-19 Technical Meeting (19-20) WG Acts and Fund to Improve Service Quality (4-6) - 3GSM World Congress Asia 2006 EUTELSAT WG Structure and Constitution of the Union (13) Singapore (Singapore), 16-20 Advisory Committee (5) Commissions and Plenary Meetings (16-20) - Regulatory Challenges – 13th CEPT Confe- Council of Administration (18-20) rence, Berlin (Germany), 11-12 IRG - SAP Business Forum’06 IRG/ERG plenary session (3-6) Estoril (Portugal), 11-12 Meeting with the EC (2006 Review) (26) (+info)