I. Background


By order issued on 24 April 2014 by one of the members of the Management Board of ICP - Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ICP-ANACOM), Hélder Ferreira Vasconcelos, approval was given to the draft decision on the transfer to Optimus - Comunicações, S.A. (Optimus) of rights of use for numbers held by ZON TV Cabo Portugal, S.A. (ZON).

The referred determination provided for the following:

1. Not to oppose to the transfer from ZON TV Cabo Portugal, S.A. to Optimus - Comunicações, S.A. of rights of use for the following resources of the National Numbering Plan:

Plan

Description

Resources allocated to ZON

E.164 (UIT-T)

Short numbers (individual numbers)

1099; 1699

Publicly available fixed telephone service (blocks of 10.000 numbers)

21400; 21401; 21402; 21403; 21404; 21405; 21406; 21407; 21408; 21409; 21600; 21601; 21602; 21603; 21604; 21605; 21606; 21607; 21608; 21609; 21800; 21801; 21802; 21803; 21804; 21805; 21806; 21807; 21808; 21809; 21820; 21821; 21822; 21823; 21824; 21825; 21826; 21827; 21828; 21829; 21901; 22400; 22401; 22402; 22403; 22404; 22405; 22406; 22407; 22408; 22409; 22410; 22490; 22491; 22492; 22493; 22494; 22495; 22496; 22497; 23103; 23140; 23239; 23240; 23304; 23404; 23405; 23406; 23503; 23603; 23604; 23803; 23904; 23905; 23906; 24140; 24141; 24203; 24304; 24305; 24403; 24404; 24405; 24406; 24503; 24940; 24941; 25103; 25203; 25204; 25205; 25206; 25217; 25502; 25303; 25304; 25305; 25306; 25329; 25440; 25539; 25540; 25603; 25604; 25605; 25840; 25841; 25904; 26102; 26140; 26240; 26241; 26302; 26303; 26304; 26540; 26541; 26542; 26543; 26602; 26604; 26803; 26903; 27103; 27203; 27340; 27403; 27503; 27640; 27703; 27899; 27903; 28140; 28141; 28202; 28203; 28204; 28205; 28303; 28440; 28503; 28640; 28902; 28903; 28904; 28905

Nomadic VoIP Service (blocks of 10.000 numbers)

30970; 30971; 30972; 30973; 30974; 30975; 30976; 30980; 30981; 30982; 30983; 30984; 30985; 30986; 30987; 30988; 30989; 30990; 30991; 30992; 30993; 30994; 30995; 30996; 30997; 30998; 30999

Nomadic VoIP Service (individual numbers)

309401309; 309402187; 309403114

Direct consultation of voicemail for numbers of the mobile telephone service (blocks of 10.000 numbers)

6092900; 6092901; 6092902; 6092903; 6092904; 6092905; 6092906; 6092907; 6092908; 6092909; 6092910; 6092911; 6092912; 6092913; 6092914; 6092915; 6092916; 6092917; 6092918; 6092919; 6092920; 6092921; 6092922; 6092923; 6092924; 6092925; 6092926; 6092927; 6092928; 6092929; 6092930; 6092931; 6092932; 6092933; 6092934; 6092935; 6092936; 6092937; 6092938; 6092939; 6092940; 6092941; 6092942; 6092943; 6092944; 6092945; 6092946; 6092947; 6092948; 6092949

Fax service of the mobile telephone service (blocks of 10.000 numbers)

6392900; 6392901; 6392902; 6392903; 6392904; 6392905; 6392906; 6392907; 6392908; 6392909; 6392910; 6392911; 6392912; 6392913; 6392914; 6392915; 6392916; 6392917; 6392918; 6392919; 6392920; 6392921; 6392922; 6392923; 6392924; 6392925; 6392926; 6392927; 6392928; 6392929; 6392930; 6392931; 6392932; 6392933; 6392934; 6392935; 6392936; 6392937; 6392938; 6392939; 6392940; 6392941; 6392942; 6392943; 6392944; 6392945; 6392946; 6392947; 6392948; 6392949

Data service of the mobile telephone service (blocks of 10.000 numbers)

6592900; 6592901; 6592902; 6592903; 6592904; 6592905; 6592906; 6592907; 6592908; 6592909; 6592910; 6592911; 6592912; 6592913; 6592914; 6592915; 6592916; 6592917; 6592918; 6592919; 6592920; 6592921; 6592922; 6592923; 6592924; 6592925; 6592926; 6592927; 6592928; 6592929; 6592930; 6592931; 6592932; 6592933; 6592934; 6592935; 6592936; 6592937; 6592938; 6592939; 6592940; 6592941; 6592942; 6592943; 6592944; 6592945; 6592946; 6592947; 6592948; 6592949

Direct deposit of voicemail for numbers of the mobile telephone service (blocks of 10.000 numbers)

6692900; 6692901; 6692902; 6692903; 6692904; 6692905; 6692906; 6692907; 6692908; 6692909; 6692910; 6692911; 6692912; 6692913; 6692914; 6692915; 6692916; 6692917; 6692918; 6692919; 6692920; 6692921; 6692922; 6692923; 6692924; 6692925; 6692926; 6692927; 6692928; 6692929; 6692930; 6692931; 6692932; 6692933; 6692934; 6692935; 6692936; 6692937; 6692938; 6692939; 6692940; 6692941; 6692942; 6692943; 6692944; 6692945; 6692946; 6692947; 6692948; 6692949

Data network access service (blocks of 100 numbers)

67090; 67840

Universal access service (blocks of 10.000 numbers)

70799

Free-of-charge calls for the caller service (blocks of 10.000 numbers)

80099

Shared-cost call service (blocks of 10.000 numbers)

80899

Q.769.1 (UIT-T)

NRN - Network Routing Number (blocks of 10.000 numbers)

D099

Q.704/Q.705 (UIT-T)

NSPC - National Signalling Point Codes UIT-T No.7

14-01-51; 14-01-52; 14-01-53; 14-01-54; 14-01-55; 14-01-56; 14-01-50

Q.708 (UIT-T)

ISPC - International Signalling Point Codes UIT-T No.7

2-138-6; 2-138-7

2. To submit the use of above-mentioned numbers to compliance by Optimus - Comunicações, S.A., with conditions laid down in article 37 of ECL.

3. To order Optimus - Comunicações, S.A., not to assign to its clients available numbers of blocks of non-geographic numbers with a lower percentage of use, of the Universal Access Service (70710, 70793 or 70799), Free-of-Charge Calls for the Caller Service (80010, 80093 or 80099) or Shared-Cost Call Service (80810, 80893 or 80899), as well as numbers that cease to be active, reporting to this Authority every year, by the last day of January of the following year, the state of occupation of "frozen" blocks.

4. To establish a time-limit of one year for Optimus - Comunicações, S.A. to return to ICP-ANACOM the following resources:

a. One Indirect Access Provider code: 1010 or 1099;

b. One or two Call Centre numbers: 1610, 1693 or 1699;

5. To establish a time-limit of two years for Optimus - Comunicações, S.A. to return to ICP-ANACOM one NRN (Network Routing Number): "D010" or "D099".

6. To determine that this decision takes effect as from the date on which the merger by incorporation of ZON TV Cabo Portugal, S.A. into Optimus - Comunicações, S.A. is entered in the commercial register.

7. To submit the preceding paragraphs to the prior hearing of ZON TV Cabo Portugal, S.A. and Optimus - Comunicações, S.A., for the purpose of articles 100 and 101 of the Administrative Procedure Code, a 10-working day time-limit being set for interested parties to comment on the matter in writing.

Having parties been notified, ZON OPTIMUS, SGPS, S.A. (ZON OPTIMUS) assessed the issue on behalf of its subsidiaries ZON e Optimus, within the scope of the prior hearing.

The corresponding report was subsequently drafted, and is deemed to be an integral part of this decision, including a summary of positions expressed on the draft decision submitted to the prior hearing of interested parties, as well as ICP-ANACOM's position thereon.