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WELNESDAY, MARCH 15, 197
+PART VETT
PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK (PSTN) AND PUBLIC MOBILE RADIOTELEPHONE SERVICES (PMRS) INTERCONNECTION CHARGES
ITEM
(1)
(2)
PARTICULARS OF CHARGE
FOR AN INTERCONNECTION LINE BETWEEN PMRS AND PSTN
ASSOCIATED CHARGE FOR ITEM 1
(A)
INSTALLATION OR REMOVAL OF AN INTERCONNECTION LINE BETWEEN PMRS AND PSTN
(B) REMOVAL OF AN INTERCONNECTION LINE WITHIN THE SAME BUILDING
(3)
FOR USAGE OF AN INTERCONNECTION LINE BETWEEN PMRS AND PSTN
NOTE: 1.
2.
AMOUNT OF CHARGE
$60 PER MONTH SEE NOTE 1)
525
SEE NOTE 1)
$200
(SEE NOTE 1)
7 CENTS PER MINUTE SUBJECT TO
NOTES 1 AND 2
ALL CHARGES ARE RAISED AGAINST THE PROVIDER OF
PMRS AND NOT CUSTOMERS OF PMRS.
IN ITEM 3, THE USAGE CHARGE IS CALCULATED MONTHLY ON THE ACCUMULATED NUMBER OF MINUTES FOR WHICH THE INTERCONNECTION LINE IS USED, ROUNDED UP TO THE NEAREST MINUTE.+
IN MOVING THE MOTION EARLIER, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, EXPLAINED THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE DETERMINATION OF THE NEW CHARGES. HE SAID THAT INTERCONNECTION CHARGES SHOULD BE LEVIED ON THE BASIS THAT THERE WOULD BE NO SIGNIFICANT CROSS-SUBSIDISATION BETWEEN THE TELEPHONE COMPANY'S VARIOUS SERVICES, AND THE CHARGES SHOULD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE REFLECT THE COST OF PROVIDING THE USE OF THE PUBLIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM TO EACH TYPE OF SUBSCRIBER.
THUS, MR JACOBS SAID, THE INTERCONNECTION CHARGES SHOULD COMPRISE FIRST, A FIXED RENTAL COMPONENT TO COVER THE CAPITAL COST OF THE INTERCONNECTION LINE, AND ITS INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS, AND SECOND, A USAGE CHARGE COMPONENT TO COVER THE AVERAGE COST OF SWITCHING AND JUNCTION CIRCUITS.
*THERE IS INCLUDED THE APPROPRIATE PERMITTED RETURN UNDER THE SCHEME OF CONTROL, HE SAID.
/MR JACOBS