A new numbering range - '71' - will be established within the National Numbering Plan (NNP) to accommodate the “utility services at an increased tariff rate”. This decision, approved by determination of 25 February 2005, is a follow-up to the draft decision subject to a determination taken on 9 September 2004, and submitted in the meanwhile both to the general consultation procedure and to the prior hearing of interested parties, having at the same time the Institute for the Consumer and representative consumer organisations been specifically requested to assess the issue.
Numbers are allocated to the provider of support electronic communications services (ECS) through the presentation of specific particulars that concern the service, namely the description of the service and tariffs to be applied, as well as the opinion of the State body or of the administrative authority that supervises the area of activity wherein the service is comprised as regards the service utility nature and the adequacy of the respective tariffs. The use of numbers allocated to these services is subject to the following conditions:
Annual opinion on the maintenance of the utility nature and of the adequacy of the tariffs to the service, to be submitted to ICP-ANACOM by the support ECS supplier, and the annual period shall refer to the date of allocation to this entity of the numbering resources necessary to the service provision;
Information to ICP-ANACOM on the part of the support ECS supplier, with a month’s notice, of any alteration as regards the particulars which concern the allocation of the respective code;
Information on the price (VAT included) per minute and maximum price per call (tariff ceiling) to be ensured at the time it is established, in a clear and audible way, and free-of-charge, by means of an online notice provided to the caller user, by the support ECS provider, with the following contents: “You shall be charged … per minute for this call, and it shall not exceed … euros, regardless of the call duration”;
Call disconnection to be performed only by parties involved therein (caller or called parties).
The report with a summary of positions of interested parties and the analysis and assessment of ANACOM on the matter, as well as contributed received, shall also be disclosed.
Consult:
- Establishment of a new range within the NNP ('71') to accommodate the ''Utility services at an increased tariff rate'' https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=216004
