ANACOM approved, on 30 January 2008, a decision on the evaluation of net costs incurred through the provision of universal service, as well as the report on the prior hearing to which the correspondent draft decision, dated 5 December 2007, was subject.
According to this decision, ANACOM has determined:
1. To consider that there are no conditions for accepting net costs estimates of the universal service provision for 2003 and reviews of estimates presented by PT Comunicações (PTC) for 2001 and 2002.
2. To launch a detailed specification process on the method to calculate these costs and to define the conditions for determining whether its provision is likely to represent an unreasonable burden for the respective provider, a situation which would justify a compensation mechanism. This process, which will be developed taking into account the information already provided by PTC to ANACOM, as well as further data to be provided in the scope of the process, will take into account, among other aspects, the information available on this subject-matter, namely as far as bench-marking is concerned, as well as specific features of the Portuguese market for the fixed telephone service and of the universal service provider designation process.
3. To submit its findings on aspects identified in the preceding point to a general consultation procedure, within at the most 90 days from the date this determination is approved, taking into account that it is quite urgent to conclude this process.
Consult:
- Evaluation of net costs incurred through the provision of universal service https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=576634
