S.I. No. 11/1994 - Telecommunications (Amendment) Scheme, 1994.

1. Standard 3.1kHz voice calls are charged as per Parts 2 to 5 (inclusive), Part 6 Section I (other than subsection 13), Section II and Section VI of this Schedule.

2. Unrestricted 64Kb call charges between exchanges in the State, and between exchanges in the State and exchanges in Northern Ireland.

No. of Seconds per 9.5p call unit

(i) Local Calls

Standard Rate

Reduced Rate

144

720

(ii) Trunk Calls up to 56km (in respect of calls made between 1 February 1994 and 31 March 1994, inclusive)

Standard Rate

Reduced

Weekend Rate

40

60

480

Trunk Calls up to 56 km (in respect of calls made on or after 1 April 1994)

Standard Rate

Reduced Rate

Weekend Rate

53.4

80

480

(iii) Trunk Calls over 56km

Standard Rate

Reduced Rate

Weekend Rate

20

30

480

Standard Rate: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday (inclusive) for calls described in Paragraph 2.

Reduced Rate: (i) 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday (inclusive) for all calls described in Paragraph 2.

(ii) All day on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays for calls described in Paragraph 2 (i).

Weekend Rate: All day on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays for calls described in Paragraph 2 (ii) and (iii).

3. Unrestricted 64Kb call charges from exchanges in the State to exchanges in

Seconds Per Unit of 9.5p Basic Access

(a) Great Britain, Isle of Man & Channel Islands.

(i) Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive.)

(ii) Reduced rate (from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. from Monday to Friday (inclusive) and throughout Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays and such other times as Bord Telecom Éireann may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers)

12.6

16.5

(b) Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands.

(i) Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive)

(ii) Reduced Rate (from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. from Monday to Friday (inclusive) and throughout Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays and such other times as Bord Telecom Éireann may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers)

10.6

12

(c) Austria, Denmark (including Faroe Islands), Finland, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Portugal (Azores and Maderia), San Marino, Spain (including Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla), Sweden, Switzerland and Vatican City.

(i) Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive)

(ii) Reduced rate (from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. from Monday to Friday (inclusive) and throughout Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays and such other times as Bord Telecom Éireann may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers)

8.0

10.6

(d) Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Hercegovnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Hungary (Republic of), Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgysten, Latvia, Lithuania, Libya, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uxbekistan, Yugoslavia (Fed. Rep.).

(i) Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive).

(ii) Reduced rate (from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. from Monday to Friday (inclusive) and throughout Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays and such other times as Bord Telecom Éireann may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers).

5.6

6.5

(e) Alaska, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Hawaii, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Trinida & Tobago, Turks and Caicos, U.S.A., Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.).

(i) Standard rate (from 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive).

(ii) Reduced rate (from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. from Monday to Friday (inclusive)).

(iii) Economy rate (from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. from Monday to Friday (inclusive) and throughout Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays and such other times as Bord Telecom Éireann may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers).

5.5

6.4

7.2

(f) Australia (including Tasmania), New Zealand.

(i) Standard rate (from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. & from 8 p.m. to Midnight from Monday to Friday inclusive.

(ii) Reduced rate (from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. & from Midnight to 8 a.m. from Monday to Friday (inclusive) and throughout Saturday, Sunday, Public Holidays and such other times as Bord Telecom Éireann may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers).

4.1

5.4

(g) Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan (including Ryukyu Island), Korea (Rep. of), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan,

3.1

(h) All other states

2.6

.".

PRESENT when the Common Seal of BORD TELECOM ÉIREANN was affixed hereto this 28th day of January 1994.

BERNADETTE ROCHE,

Bord Telecom Éireann,

St. Stephen's Green,

Assistant Principal.

NICKY RYAN,

Director.

PAT B. WAINE.

Director.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this Scheme is to provide for the introduction of International Volume Discounts, Integrated Switched Digital Network facilities, a reduction in tariffs for certain other services and to effect certain other modifications to the Telecommunications Scheme, 1992.

4. The

Interpretation Act 1937

(No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Scheme.

5. The Telecommunications Scheme, 1992 (

S.I. No. 19 of 1992

) is hereby amended by

(

a

) the insertion of the following Article after Article 17 thereof

"17A (1) Bord Telecom Éireann may, where the amount otherwise due (exclusive of Value Added Tax) on a single telephone account in respect of Eligible Calls exceeds the appropriate amount specified in Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule to this Scheme, apply thereto a discount (hereinafter "International Volume Discount") in respect of such amounts. The International Volume Discount shall be calculated as set out in Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule to this Scheme. Bord Telecom Éireann may at its absolute discretion withdraw the International Volume Discount from any subscriber.

(2) For the purposes of this Scheme, "Eligible Calls" shall mean subscriber dialled calls made to telephones outside the State (excluding Northern Ireland) made from a telephone exchange line rented by the subscriber but excluding subscriber dialled calls made by use of the International Virtual Private Network facility, or the Switched Digital International facility and also excluding Chargecard calls, Eircell calls and Eirpac calls.

(3) It shall be a condition of the application of the International Volume Discount that

(i) Eligible Calls shall be made only from a single premises, occupied by the subscriber; and

(ii) Eligible Calls shall be made by the subscriber or by employees of the subscriber; and

(iii) accounts to which the International Volume Discount applies must be discharged in full within 14 days or by means of direct debit mandate approved by Bord Telecom Éireann.";

(

b

) the insertion of the following Article after Article 32 thereof

"32A Where a subscriber makes a call to a network operated by a person other than Bord Telecom Éireann, the duration of a call for charging purposes may be calculated with effect from the instant of connection to such network, whether or not the call is answered by the called party.";

(

c

) the addition of the following paragraph (13) to Article 62 thereof

"(13) Bord Telecom Éireann may provide a facility (in this Scheme referred to as the "Integrated Switched Digital Network" facility) to telephone subscribers generally or to such groups of telephone subscribers as it shall determine, whereby a telephone subscriber may make telephone calls over switched end to end digital transmission paths. There shall be charged to the subscriber and paid by him in respect of the Integrated Switched Digital Network facility the appropriate charge specified in Section VIII of Part 6 of the First Schedule to this Scheme.";

(

d

) the substitution of the following paragraph 2, for paragraph 2 of Section IV of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto

"2. Annual Rental Charge, £960.00.";

(

e

) the substitution of the following paragraph 1(i) for paragraph 1(i) of Part 3 of the First Schedule thereto

"

Standard

Rate

seconds

Reduced

Rate

seconds

Weekend

Rate seconds

(i)

Does not exceed 56kms

66.7

100

600.";

(

f

) the addition of the following sections VII and VIII to Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto

SECTION VII.

International Volume Discount.

Volume discounts on International calls are applied on a monthly basis to the combined total of Eligible Calls as per Article 17A, as follows

Monthly Billed Amount in respect

of Eligible Calls

International Volume Discount

Not exceeding £2,000

0% discount

Exceeding £2,000 and not exceeding

£4,000

0% discount on first £2,000

20% discount on remainder

Exceeding £4,000 and not exceeding

£8,000

0% discount on first £2,000

20% discount on next £2,000

25% discount on remainder

Exceeding £8,000

0% discount on first £2,000

20% discount on next £2,000

25% discount on next £4,000

30% discount on remainder

SECTION VIII.

Charges in Respect of Integrated Switched Digital Network Facility.

Basic

Access

(2B+D)

Primary

Access

(30B+D)

£

£

Connection Charge

420

4,200

Subscription (Monthly)

35

350

Call Charges.

S.I. No. 11 of 1994.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AMENDMENT) SCHEME, 1994.

BORD TELECOM ÉIREANN in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

Section 90

of the

Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983

(No. 24 of 1983), hereby makes the following Scheme