84 tal-1988

L. N. 84or]988

TELEMALTA CORPOR£\T]ON ACT, 1975

(Al., NO. XVI m' ]975)

Telephone Se n 'ice (Amendmf nt) (N o. 3) Regulations, 1988

IN EXE RC ISE of the powers conferred by r.c<:tion 37 of the

Telemalta Corporation Act. 1975. the Board, with the approvill of the

Minister for Development of Infrastructure. and with the concurrence

of the Mi nister of Finance, has made the following regulations:-

I. (I) These regulations may be cited as the Telephone Service

(Amendment) (No. 3) Regul~ tions. 1988, and shall be read and

construed as one with Ihe Telephone Service Regulations. 1972.

hereinafter referred to as <·t he principal regulations".

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into

fora: on Ihe 10th OClOber, 1988.

For regulation 2 of th<: principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

2. In these regulations. unless the context otherwise

requires -

"agreement'· means an agreement made by the

Chairman. T<:lcmalta Corporation with any pe rson for

the provision of telephone service under these

regulations;

"bills" or "bits per second" means the rate OJ

Iransfer of an information. once it has been conv<:rte(

into binary code;

"call office" means a telephone service made

available by the Chairman. Telemalta Corporation to

the public for the purpose of sending and receiving

telephonic messages and includes any building or part

of a building housing such service;

"Chairman. Telemalla Corporation" includes any

officer of the Telemalla Corporation authorized by the

Chairma n, Telemalta Corporation to aet on his behalf;

"coin box line" means an exchange line in respect

of calls for which the Chairman . Tele malta Corporation

requires a sum of money to be placed in a coin COllecting

box provided by him;

"cordless telephone" means a t<:lephone termina l

connected to an exchange line or an e~ tension line and

integrated with or accompanied by a normal telephone

set; it consists of two parts which are connected by a

radio lin k; a fixed pan and a portable part, permitting

the sa me basic functions as a norm,,1 telephone ~et within

a limited area around the fixed part

"CUG" or "Closed Uscr Group" means the facility

which allows subscribers who are members of the group

to intercommunicate freely across the Packet Switching

Network , bu t bars all ot her calls to or from the group

"dial-up a("eeSS" means using a telephone and the

Public Switched Telephone Network 10 gain access to

the PAD in the Packet Switching Nctwork;

"cxchange linc" mcans a circuit pro~ided as part of

itn installation for the purpose of keeping that

installation in connection with a tclep hone exchange;

"external extension" means an extension other than

an intc rnal extension;

"housc exch:mgc systcm" means an installation-

comprising a number of stations each capable of bei ng

telephonically connectcd with the others or with an

exchitnge line by the operation of press bu\1ons and

includes any special extension provided as part thereof

"j"nstallatioo'" me"ns equipment or apparatus

provided by the Chairn13n, Telemalta Corporation to a

subscriber itS " means of telephone communication

wholly or in part through the medium of the public

telephone system , and includes any subsidiary or relative

equipment or apparatus

"internal extension" means an extension conncetmg

points in a self contained premises with in the same

building or wi thin two or more separate buildings

connected together by means of a tunnel or other

covered means of "ccess;

"leased line" means a point to point line when the

terminal equipment is provided and maintained by the

subscriber or whcn tele.x and/or telegraphic equipment

is terminated on i1;

"logical channel"' means an apparently continuous

path of communiclltion 10 or from a packet mode

terminal whereby the number of simul taneous

communications possible on that tcrminal is the same

as the number of logical channe ls;

"modem" means a device required to convert the

signals from a terminal into a form which may be

transmitted or received across a >peeeh quality line;

"NUA" or "Network User Address" means a

unique numcrical code by which each tcrminal on the

Paekcl Swi\(:hing Network is identified;

"NUl" or "Network User Identification" means a

networ k user identification code alioc<l\cd to dial·up

access subscriocrs, the code having to be quoted on each

occasion before calls may be made ;

"octet" means 8 consecutive bits of user data. such

as a character;

"packet" means a group of binary digits, including

data and call oontrol signals. which is switched as a

composite whole, the data. call control ~ignals and

possibly error control inform~(ion being arranged in a

specified format

" PAO" or "Packet Assembly / Disassembly"' means

an apparatus whose function is to permit nOn packet

mode terminals to exchange data in the packet mode

"permanent virtual circuit" means a perman..,n!

as.socialion existi ng between two data terminals. no call

set -up or deari og procedure being possible or necessary;

"person" includ es any body corporate and any body

of persons whether having a legal personality distinct

from tha! of its members or not;

"port'" means the point al which signals from a

terminal enter and leave the PA D of the Packet

Switching Network; as also applying to com municat ion

processors generally

"private automatic branch exchange" means a

private branch exchange the whole or part of which is

operated by means of alllomatic switches;

"private branch exchange" means switc hing

apparatus designed to provide intercommunication

between extensions connected with that apparat us and

between these extensions and exchange li nes, but does

not include a house exchange system;

"private m<lnual branch exchange" mean s a private

branch exchan ge the whole of which is manually

operated

"ren ta!s" means any charge in respect of any

installation or leased line. which is fixed by or under

these regulations or by agreement, as the case may be,

and which is payable periodically;

"segme nt" means the unit used for charging for the

volume of information transmined in a packet-switched

service. one segment being 0-64 octets of data

"statio n", in relat ion to a house excha nge system,

means 3 telephone ca pable of be ing connected with any

of the other telephones comprised in the system or wi th

an exchange line by the opera tion of press butfons;

"subscriber" means a person on whose application

the Chairman , Te!e maITa Corporati on providcs

tclephone service by meansof an installation under these

regulations or under an agrec ment;

"subscriber's premises~ means any premises in or

on which an installation or a pan of an installation is

situated being eithcr premises in th e possession,

occupation or di rect control of the person who is the

subscribe r in respect of the insta llat ion or of a person

for whose use the installation or part the reof is provided

on the application of the subscriber, or premises

colmecled tclephonicaUy with such premises as aforesaid

by reason of an extension

"telcfax" mcans a system of telcphony whereby

facsimile pages of documents may be transmitted

d irectly bet ween the sender and the recipient; and for

thc purposes of these rcgulations a Group 2 Telefax

means a machi ne capable of Iransmitling at the rate of

three minutes per ISO A4 size document; and a Group

3 Telefax means a mach ine capable of transmitting at

the rate of one minute per ISO A4 size document;

"telephone exchange" means switching equipment

or apparatus which forms part of the public telephone

system and includes the bu ilding or vehicle housing such

equipment or appa ratus;

"telephone service" means the enjoyment of means

of telephonic communication;

"terminal", with reference to the Packet Switching

Service, means a remote data input/output device that

can be connected to the Packet Switching Net wo rk ;

"virtual

circuit"

means

an

apparent

com munications channel between two terminals; in the

packet modc of operation, the period of comm unication

be tween the two terminals is determined from the ti me

of the call sct,u p procedure 10 the call clearing

procedure;

"X25 Terminal subscriber" means a subscribe r

eq uipped with a lenn ina! which is cap~ ble of fonning

its own packels and interacting directly wi th the

netwo rk ;

"X28 Term inal subscriber" means a subscri ber

equipped with a te rminal which is on ly capable of

send ing and rece ivin g characters and thus requires

assistance· from a PAD in order tQ assemble aJJd

disassemble pack ets.".

2. Immediately arter the Eighth Schedule 10 the principal

regulations there shall be added the followin g new Schedule

" NINTH SCHEDU LE

C harges for Pucket Switching Op"rations

Lm cm

Access Monthly Renlals

I.

Diol-up A=

Mode (X28 Terminal Sufucribt>rs)

1. I .l

BIT/s

300 ............. ...... .... , ..

4 SQ 0

1.200 ................ . .. . ... .

Network User Identification (NUl) each

I 9() 0

1.1 .2

DedicOIed Line Access M ode (X28 and X25

1.2

Terminal Subscribers

BIT's

.28400

300 .. . .. ..... .

..36700

1.200

2.400

54950

. .. 72 450

800

2. Usage C harges -

Locol

2.1

Diol·up Access Mode (X28 Terminal Subscribers)

2. Ll

Usage charge per PorI (PAD) per minute

BITls

300 ... _ .... _ .• _ ........ ............ ......... ..... . 0004

1,200 . ... ... .. _ . . _ ....... . ........ ... ... . .......... . 0005

2.\.2

Volume charge per segment

2.1.3

Duration charge per minute .

2. 1.4

Surcharge per call ..... . ..... . .. . . .

2.2

Dedicated Line A ccess Mode (X2S and X25

Terminal Subscrilursj

2.2.1

Duration charge per minute ......... .

(virtual circui t user5 onl y)

2.2.2

. 14200

Pe rmanent virtual circuit monthl y rental

(in lieu of d uration charges)

2.2.3

Volume charge per segment.

2.2.4

Su rcharge peT call .......... ..... . .... . .. .

(virtual circuit USCr5 only)

3. Usa~ Charge!i _

Interlllltional

In addition to ch arge5 leviable by virtue of

other provisions of these regula tions , the

following charges in respect of Packet

Lm cm

Switching Operations on the international

network shaH be a ppli ed

3.1

Europe

3,1.1

Duration charge per mi nute

Volume charge per 10 segments ....... . .

3.1.2

002 0

3.2

Outside Europe

Du ratio n charge per minute .... ................. 0 08 0

3.2.1

Volume charge per 10 segments ................ 0050

3.2.2

4. Optional Facilities

4.1

Dial·up A=

Mode (X28 Terminill Subscribers)

4. 1.1

Modification in speed class

(300/1,200: 1,20)'300 BIT/s per modificatio n) 24 00 0

4.1.2

Item ised call statement

Cha rge per ca ll

4.2

Dedicated Line Access Mode

4.2.1

X25 Terminal Subscribers

4.2.1. 1 Additional Logical Channels, per channel per

...... .... ........... 0 60 0

mon th .. ... ................

4.2.1.2 Maximum Line Throughput. calculated on basis

of formula: Lm2.35 x K , in accordance with

the following table

Subscribcr Class Maxim"m Line

K

Throughp",

BITls

o

2.400

2,400

(a)

3,000

I

3,600

4.200

o

4,SOIl

(b) 4,800

I

6,000

7,200

8 ,400

.al""

Noto' Maximum Li .. nUOO",,,"1 i. 11>0 muimum

lhot """ b< oo"i .. ~ from ,'''' SUm , .... 01 <>f ,'''' ,.,.od>

<>f 11>0 >i"~ I<J&icaI ch.an .. " work'"1 "mul""""""'y •

""si<

ph)'>icoJ li ...

on •

4. 2.2

X25 and )(28 Terminal Subscribers

4,2.2.1

Nationa l CUG facility rental per month (to

which is to be added 25cO per month pe r

terminal operated) .. ........ ... ... .. ..... .... .. .. 15 00 0

4. 2.2.2 Transfer charge facility per month ...... ... ... .. 4000

(Thc rental is paid by the calling party while the

Lm cm

the traffic charges, being for the duration and

~olume. aTe paid by the called pany)

4. 2.2.3 Moditkations in network parameters, pe r

modification ........................... , .... ... ..... 12 00 0

(Such modifications include the follo wing -

CUG membeNihip, increase/decrease in the

number of logical channels. and deletion!

changes in the CUO membership)

4.2. 2.4 Modification in speed class, per modification 24 00 0

4.2.2.5 Itemised call statement, charge per call ....... 0008.··.

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