S.I. No. 378/1997 - Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 6) Scheme, 1997 Dublin

1. Standard 3.1 kHz 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

144

Reduced Rate

720

(ii) Trunk Calls up to 56km

Standard Rate

53.4

Reduced Rate

80

Weekend Rate

480

(iii) Trunk Calls over 56km

Standard Rate

25.4

Reduced Rate

38

Weekend Rate

480

Standard Rate

8am to 6pm Monday to Friday (inclusive) for calls described in Paragraph 2

Reduced Rate

(i)

6pm to 8am Monday to Friday (inclusive) for 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 and Channel Islands.

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

19.00 seconds

(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 pie may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers)

21.11 seconds

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

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

11.9 seconds

(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 plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers)

13.93 seconds

( c ) Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark (including Faroe Islands), Finland, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland, Portugal (including Azores and Madeira), 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).

9.5 seconds

(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 plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning Daily newspapers).

11.17 seconds

( d ) Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, BosniaHerzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Libya, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia (Fed. Rep.).

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

6.33 seconds

(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 plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning Daily newspapers).

7.31 seconds

( e ) Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, U.S.A.

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

12.67 seconds

(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))

13.57 seconds

(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 plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers).

14.62 seconds

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

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

6.9 seconds

(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))

7.6 seconds

(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 plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers)

8.4 seconds

( g ) Australia ( including Tasmania), Christmas Island, New Zealand

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

5.23 seconds

(ii) Reduced rate (from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and 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 plc may from time to time announce by advertisement in the national morning daily newspapers).

6.8 seconds

Aahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, United Arab Emirates

4.22 seconds

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

3.1 seconds

All other states

2.6 seconds

"

PRESENT when the Common Seal

of

BORD TELECOM ÉIREANN plc

was affixed thereto this 9 day

of September 1997.

A Kane___

Director

Telecom Eireann plc

Tex 7

St. Stephen's Green

Dun. 2

Ronald Bolger

Director.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of this Scheme is to effect certain modifications to the Telecommunications Scheme, 1994.

Aproved for Sealing. Dr. E. G. Hall Solicitor

4. The Telecommunications Scheme, 1994 (

S.I. No. 177 of 1994

) is hereby amended by;

(

a

) the substitution of the following Part I of the First Schedule for Part I of the First Schedule thereto

FIRST SCHEDULE

TELEPHONE SERVICE

PART 1

"{Article 55} Installation, Removal and Rental

Category

Installation

Charge

£

Monthly Subscription

£

Other Charges

£

EXCHANGE LINES

Business, Residence, Auxiliary

New Customer

Exchange Line

81.81

10

Exchange Line Auxiliary

81.81

10

Exchange line reconnected when linework is completely in situ after ceasing

28.92

10

Installation Transferred - continuous service

—

10

14.87

Change of Telephone Number

16

—

Existing Customer

Exchange Line Auxiliary

81.81

10

Removal

Free

10

Removal to Exchange

Free

10

Exchange line reconnected when linework is completely in situ after ceasing

Free

10

Installation Transferred - continuous service

—

10

Free

Change of Telephone Number

16

—

Internal Move Charge

16

—

Temporary Exchange Line

At regular venues (see authorised list available for the time being at such places as Bord Telecom Éireann plc may from time to time determine)

60

10

At all other venues

120

10

Category

Monthly Subscription

£

EXTENSIONS

External (Rented) (Not provided with effect from 1 February 1996)

within 200 metres

1.86

over 200 metres

additional 200 metres up to 800 metres

1.11

additional 200 metres over 800 metres

1.39

second and subsequent external extensions provided to the same building for the same subscriber at the same time

up to 200 metres

over 200 metres

Internal (Not provided with effect from 1 February 1996)

In parallel where switchboard is involved

with intercommunicating facilities

1.94

Category

Connection

Charge

£

Monthly

Subscription

£

TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS

Standard Telephone Instrument

(Shannon, Harmony, Oisin, Aisling, Aisling 10, Boyne, Harmony Hard of Hearing (Standard), Contempra)

When fitted as standard with telephone line . .

Nil

1.10

Feature Rented Telephone Instrument

Classic 22

Nil

3.00

Euroset

Nil

1.99

Phoenix

Nil

1.65

Corrib

Nil

1.10

Clarity Hard of Hearing (Premium)

Nil

1.84

(When fitted with telephone line at customer request )

Change of Instrument

(At customer request)

6.00

As per monthly subscription shown above

PRIVATE PAYPHONES

Lake Table Top 200

18.00

Lake Wall Mounted 400

20.00

Lake Wall Mounted 400 (with security belt)

23.00

Payphone 50 (Table)

10.00

Payphone 50 (Wall)

12.00

Payphone 20 (Table)

7.50

Payphone 20 (Wall)

8.50

Payphone 20 (Swivel)

8.00

Category

Installation

Charges

£

Monthly Subscription

£

Other Charges

£

OTHER FIXTURES AND ACCESSORIES

Acoustic Hood

16.00

1.84

Ampliphone

16.00

0.74

Extension Bells

Indoor type

16.00

0.28

Outdoor type

16.00

0.55

Internal and external

16.00

Removals (all types)

Hooter

16.00

2.59

Key and Lamp Units per unit

Cost of Work

3.33

Cost of Work

Lamp Signalling Equipment

16.00

1.20

Cost of Work

Meter, Subscriber's (private)

16.00

2.19

Bedlam Tonecaller

(Requires installation of an extension)

as per extension

1.50 (+subsciption if using an external extension

Push Button Instruments

per additional instrument

16.00

1.10

Rotary Dial Instrument

(In addition to main instrument) per instrument

16.00

1.10

Socket No. 1M (Master)

(a) When fitted on a new installation

Nil

Nil

(b) When converting an installation to new type equipment

16.00

Nil

Socket No. 1S (Slave)

for use as extension or Plug and Socket arrangement per socket

16.00

0.26

Interlink 1+4

(with 1st extension)

16.00

6.00

Secretarial Plinths

in conjunction with intercommunicating internal extensions

16.00

1.94

Secretarial System 2/6/2 (existing installations only)

9.16 Per Set

Switches as connecting apparatus

16.00

0.28

Watch Receivers

0.22

Alterations

change of instrument

Fitments

from wall to table type

Replacements

or vice versa

16.00

Connection of burglar alarm to line

16.00

(

b

) the substitution of the following Section VIII of Part 6 of the First Schedule for Section VIII of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto

"{Article 63(13)}

Section VIII

Charges in Respect of Integrated Services Digital Network Facility

Basic Access

(2B+D)

(Note 1)

Primary Access

(30B+D)

(Note 2)

FIXED CHARGES

Connection Charge

Monthly Rental

Connection Charge

Monthly Rental

Main Connection

£348

£29

£3,480

£290

Auxiliary Connection

£348

£29

£3,480

£290

Removal

£348

£29

£3,480

£290

In Situ Connection (Disconnected for 6 months or less)

£105

£29

£1,050

£290

Reconnection (After non-payment)

£52.50

£29

£525

£290

Installation Transferred (Continuous Service)

£52.50

£29

£525

£290

Change of Use From

S.I. No. 378 of 1997.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 6) SCHEME, 1997 DUBLIN

Bord Telecom Éireann plc

, 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