By determination of 10 July 2014, ANACOM has approved a draft decision on the definition of the wholesale market for call termination on the public telephone network at a fixed location, the assessment of significant market power (SMP) in this market and on the imposition, maintenance, amendment or withdrawal of regulatory obligations, whereby all operators providing the wholesale voice call termination service are identified as having SMP.
On the same date, approval was also given to the fixed termination costing model. This decision was preceded by a public consultation, launched by ANACOM decision of 27 November 2013, on the methodological options to be considered in the development and implementation of the model. The report on this consultation has also been approved by the present determination.
ANACOM also decided to submit these draft decisions to the prior hearing of interested parties, under the Código de Procedimento Administrativo (Administrative Proceeding Code), and also to the general consultation procedure laid down in article 8 of Lei das Comunicações Eletrónicas (Electronic Communications Law - Law no. 5/2004 of 10 February, as amended and republished by Law no. 51/2011 of 13 September, and as amended subsequently). Interested parties have been provided with a period of 30 working days under both procedures in which to submit comments.
