S.I. No. 445/1998 - Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 9) Scheme, 1998.

1. The combined total of all Eligible Calls up to a call value of£25 does not attract a discount.

2. Eligible Calls are aggregated in date and time order.

3. National calls are the combined total of former 'A' and 'B' Trunk calls.

(i) the addition of the following Part 11 to Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto

Part 11. Business Circles

Monthly Bill

A discount of 15% on the combined total of Eligible Calls made in any billing period as per Article 19(H).

(j) the substitution of the following part of Part 3(a) of Section XI of Part 6 of the First Schedule for the corresponding part of Part 3(a) of Section XI of Part 6 of the first Schedule thereto

"{Article 63(19)(a)}

Part 3(a). SwitchLink Termination Rates

Subscription Charge

£175 per month

NATIONAL

Call Set-up Charge

Pence Per Second

Local

Daytime

1.13p

0.0298

Evening & Weekend

0.75p

0.0200

A Trunk

Daytime

1.22p

0.0318

Evening

0.81p

0.0211

Weekend

0.81p

0.0211

B Trunk

Daytime

1.87p

0.0470

Evening

1.25p

0.0313

Weekend

1.25p

0.0313

B (i/c) Trunk

Daytime

1.87p

0.0470

Evening

1.25p

0.0313

Weekend

1.25p

0.0313

C Trunk

Daytime

-

0.2849

Evening & Weekend

-

0.1899

Minimum Charge

-

8.55

1850

At all times (minimum charge)

-

7.6950

1890

Daytime

-

0.0426

Evening & Weekend

-

0.0085

Minimum Charge

-

7.6950

1891 Internet Access

Daytime

-

0.0255

Evening & Weekend

-

0.0085

Minimum Charge

-

7.6950

(k) the submission of Part 8 of the First Schedule for Part 8 of the First Schedule thereto

Part 8

DESCRIPTION

Price

Price

01

Regional

Regular Listing

£42

£27

Extra line

£36

£23

Bold Listing Capitals

£25

£16

*Bold Listing (Italics)

£65

£42

Bold Listing

£65

£42

Opportunity Bold Listing

£46

£30

Opportunity Extra Line

£20

£13

*Advertisement is only available to the residential section.

All prices are exclusive of VAT.

PRESENT when the Common Seal of

BORD TELECOM EIREANN PLC

was affixed thereto this 16 day of November 1998.

Director

Ronald Bolger

Director

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

Approved for Sealing.

Dr. E. G. Hall

Solicitor

4. (a) Calls to Eirpage '082/08221' Service

- Charge as per local call

(b) Calls to Eirpage '08224' Service

- 20.66p per call.

(f) the substitution of the following Part 6(i) of Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule for Part 6(i) of Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto

Part 6. (i) Business Selections Discount

Volume discounts on Business Selections Calls are applied on a monthly basis to the combined total of Eligible Business Selections Calls as per Article 19(C), as follows

LEVEL

1

2

3

4

5

6

Monthly Subscription

£10

£30

£75

£150

£250

£450

PENCE PER SECOND

Local

Daytime

0.0458

0.0450

0.0442

0.0434

0.0426

0.0426

Evening & Weekend

0.0091

0.0089

0.0088

0.0086

0.0085

0.0085

Minimum Charge

8.265

8.1225

7.98

7.8375

7.6950

7.6950

1891 Internet Access

Daytime

0.0274

0.0270

0.0265

0.0260

0.0255

0.0255

Evening & Weekend

0.0091

0.0089

0.0088

0.0086

0.0085

0.0085

Minimum Charge

8.265

8.1225

7.98

7.8375

7.6950

7.6950

National

(1)

Daytime

0.1128

0.1045

0.0963

0.0935

0.0908

0.0908

Evening

0.0751

0.0696

0.0641

0.0622

0.0604

0.0604

Weekend

0.0158

0.0158

0.0158

0.0158

0.0158

0.0158

Minimum Charge (Daytime & Evening)

7.79

7.22

6.65

6.46

6.40

6.40

Minimum Charge (Weekend)

9.5

9.5

9.5

9.5

9.5

9.5

C Trunk

Daytime

0.3039

0.2991

0.2944

0.2896

0.2849

0.2849

Evening & Weekend

0.2026

0.1994

0.1963

0.1931

0.1899

0.1899

Minimum Charge

9.12

8.9775

8.835

8.6925

8.55

8.55

Note

(1)

National rate incorporates the former A (under 56Km), B (over 56Km) and B(i/c) Trunk rates.

INTERNATIONAL

PENCE PER SECOND

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Band 1

Daytime

0.1831

0.1792

0.1753

0.1714

0.1674

0.1504

Evening

0.1678

0.1642

0.1606

0.1570

0.1534

0.1378

Weekend

0.1468

0.1437

0.1405

0.1374

0.1342

0.1206

Minimum Charge

6.65

6.5075

6.40

6.40

6.40

6.40

Band 1a

Daytime

0.2333

0.2283

0.2233

0.2183

0.2133

0.1917

Evening & Weekend

0.2100

0.2055

0.2010

0.1965

0.1920

0.1725

Minimum Charge

6.65

6.5075

6.40

6.40

6.40

6.40

Band 2

Daytime

0.3512

0.3388

0.3222

0.2933

0.2727

0.2148

Evening

0.3089

0.2980

0.2835

0.2580

0.2399

0.1890

Weekend

0.2691

0.2596

0.2469

0.2247

0.2089

0.1646

Minimum Charge

8.075

7.79

7.41

6.7450

6.40

6.40

INTERNATIONAL

PENCE PER SECOND

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Band 3

Daytime

0.4448

0.4291

0.4082

0.3716

0.3454

0.2721

Evening & Weekend

0.3863

0.3726

0.3545

0.3226

0.2999

0.2363

Minimum Charge

8.075

7.79

7.41

6.7450

6.40

6.40

Band 4

Daytime

0.8500

0.8200

0.7800

0.7100

0.6600

0.5200

Evening & Weekend

0.7368

0.7108

0.6761

0.6155

0.5721

0.4508

Minimum Charge

8.075

7.79

7.41

6.7450

6.40

6.40

Band 5

Daytime

0.2994

0.2930

0.2862

0.2795

0.2635

0.2475

Evening

0.2374

0.2323

0.2270

0.2216

0.2089

0.1962

Weekend

0.1962

0.1920

0.1875

0.1831

0.1726

0.1621

Minimum Charge

7.125

6.973

6.8115

6.65

6.40

6.40

Band 6

Daytime

0.7064

0.6815

0.6482

0.5900

0.5485

0.4321

Evening

0.6352

0.6128

0.5829

0.5306

0.4932

0.3886

Weekend

0.5718

0.5516

0.5247

0.4776

0.4440

0.3498

Minimum Charge

8.075

7.79

7.41

6.7450

6.40

6.40

Band 7

Daytime

0.7908

0.7629

0.7257

0.6605

0.6140

0.4838

Evening

0.6318

0.6095

0.5797

0.5277

0.4905

0.3865

Weekend

0.4037

0.3895

0.3705

0.3372

0.3135

0.2470

Minimum Charge

8.075

7.79

7.41

6.7450

6.40

6.40

Band 8

Daytime & Evening

1.1469

1.1065

1.0525

0.9580

0.8906

0.7016

Weekend

1.0182

0.9822

0.9343

0.8505

0.7906

0.6229

Minimum Charge

8.075

7.79

7.41

6.7450

6.40

6.40

Band 9

At all times

1.1325

1.0925

1.0392

0.9460

0.8793

0.6928

Minimum Charge

8.075

7.79

7.41

6.7450

6.40

6.40

Band 10

At all times

2.0400

1.9680

1.8720

1.7040

1.5840

1.2480

Minimum Charge

8.075

7.79

7.41

6.7450

6.40

6.40

(g) the substitution of the following Part 7 of Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule for Part 7 of Section VII of Part 6 of the first Schedule thereto

Part 7. Multi Site Discount

Multi Site Volume discounts are applied on a monthly basis to the combined total of Eligible Subscriber Dialled Calls from Nominated Telecommunications lines as per Article 19(D), as follows

LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2

MONTHLY NETWORK FEE

£750

£750

MONTHLY SITE FEE

£30

£60

PENCE PER SECOND

Local

Daytime

0.0426

0.0426

Evening & Weekend

0.0085

0.0085

Minimum Charge

7.6950

7.6950

1891 Internet Access

Daytime

0.0255

0.0255

Evening & Weekend

0.0085

0.0085

Minimum Charge

7.6950

7.6950

National

(1)

Daytime

0.0935

0.0935

Evening

0.0622

0.0622

Weekend

0.0158

0.0158

Minimum Charge (Daytime & Evening)

6.46

6.46

Minimum Charge (Weekend)

9.5

9.5

C Trunk

Daytime

0.2849

0.2849

Evening & Weekend

0.1899

0.1899

Minimum Charge

8.55

8.55

INTERNATIONAL

Band 1

Daytime

0.1962

0.1504

Evening

0.1798

0.1378

Weekend

0.1573

0.1206

Minimum Charge

7.125

6.40

Band 1a

Daytime

0.2500

0.1917

Evening & Weekend

0.2250

0.1725

Band 2

Daytime

0.2892

0.2148

Evening

0.2544

0.1890

Weekend

0.2216

0.1646

Minimum Charge

6.65

6.40

Note (1)

National rate incorporates the former A (under 56Km) and B (over 56Km).

INTERNATIONAL (Contd)

LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2

Band 3

Daytime

0.3663

0.2721

Evening & Weekend

0.3181

0.2363

Minimum Charge

6.65

6.40

Band 4

Daytime

0.7000

0.5200

Evening & Weekend

0.6068

0.4508

Minimum Charge

6.65

6.40

Band 5

Daytime

0.2994

0.2475

Evening

0.2374

0.1962

Weekend

0.1962

0.1621

Minimum Charge

7.125

6.40

Band 6

Daytime

0.5817

0.4321

Evening

0.5231

0.3886

Weekend

0.4709

0.3498

Minimum Charge

6.65

6.40

Band 7

Daytime

0.6512

0.4838

Evening

0.5203

0.3865

Weekend

0.3325

0.2470

Minimum Charge

6.65

6.40

Band 8

Daytime & Evening

0.9445

0.7016

Weekend

0.8385

0.6229

Minimum Charge

6.65

6.40

Band 9

At all times

0.9326

0.6928

Minimum Charge

6.65

6.40

Band 10

At all times

1.6800

1.2480

Minimum Charge

6.65

6.40

INTERNATIONAL BANDS

Band 1

Great Britain, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

Band 1a

Calls to UK Non-Geographic Numbers (including UK Mobile Phones)

Band 2

Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands.

Band 3

Austria, Czecn 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.

Band 4

Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 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.).

Band 5

Alaska, Canada. Hawaii, U.S.A.

Band 6

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.).

Band 7

Australia (including Tasmania), Christmas Island, Hong Kong, Japan (Including Ryukyu Island), Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore.

Band 8

Argentina, Bahrain, China, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Syria, United Arab Emirates.

Band 9

Indonesia, Korea (Rep. Of), Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand.

Band 10

All other states

(h) the substitution of the following Part 10 of Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule for Part 10 of Section VII of Part 6 of the First Schedule thereto

Part 10: TalkSaver and Business Savers

Monthly Bill

When the combined total of Eligible Calls exceeds£25 the following discounts are applied to the further Eligible Calls made during the billing period as per Article 19(G), as follows

Eligible Calls

Discount

Calls to Mobile Phone (National)

6%

Local, CallSave 1850, LoCall 1890, Internet Access 1891

15%

National

Daytime & Evening

15%

Weekend

0%

Cross Channel and International

25%

Note

S.I. No. 445 of 1998.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 9) SCHEME, 1998.

Bord Telecom Eireann 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.