WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1992
MAY
טיוי
IN ORDER TO COUNTER ANY TENDENCY THAT THE PRICE-CAPPING SCHEMES CREATE AN INCENTIVE FOR THE REGULATED COMPANY
CUT TO
SERVICE
STANDARDS
BOOST PROFITABILITY, A CLAUSE OF THE TELEPHONE (AMENDMENT) BILL PROVIDES FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE COMPANY, TO ISSUE CODES OF PRACTICE SPECIFYING SERVICE STANDARDS THAT IT MUST FOLLOW,
"THE USE OF SUCH CODER WILL BE OF THOSE SECTORS OF THE MARKET WHERE THE HONG MAINTAINS, FOR THE TIME BEING AT LEAST, A
SAID.
PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE IN KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY MONOPOLY POSITION," SHE
MRS CHAN ALSO SAID ANOTHER CLAUSE OF THE TELEPHONE { AMENDMENT) BILL WOULD REPEAL THE EXISTING SECTION OF THE TELEPHONE ORDINANCE,
FOR WHICH PROVIDED
THE COMPANY'S MAXIMUM LEVEL OF CHARGES TO BE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE ORDINANCE AND FOR THIS COUNCIL APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THAT SCHEDULE BY RESOLUTION.
ΤΟ
BE
THE FREE OF THEIR
IT IS ALSO PROVIDED IN THE BILL FOR SERVICES AND CHARGES TO
BY THE SPECIFIED
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BY AUTHORITY
NOTICE IN
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
REQUIRES THE COMPANY TO PROVIDE, CHARGE, A LIST OF ITS SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THE ORDINANCE AND CHARGES TO ANYONE REQUESTING IT.
AND
THE
HONG IF
IT IS PROPOSED IN THE TELEPHONE (AMENDMENT) BILL TO GIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY THE POWER TO GIVE DIRECTIONS TO THE
TELEPHONE
IN KONG
COMPANY CONCERNING THE NUMBERING PLAN
ORDER, THESE ARE DEEMED NECESSARY, TO ENSURE A FAIR AND REASONABLE ALLOCATION OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS BETWEEN OPERATORS.
IN OTHER
WORDS, DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT OF THE NUMBERING WOULD BE LEFT WITH THE COMPANY FOR THE TIME BEING.
PLAN
BUT THE TELECOMMUNICAT LONS AUTHORITY WOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT POWERS TO ENSURE THAT THIS PRIVILEGE WAS NOT USED IN A WAY WHICH MIGHT PLACE COMPETING OPERATORS AT A DISADVANTAGE, SHE SAID.
PROVIDING
REGARDING NETWORK INTERCONNECTION, EACH OF THE BILLS A CLAUSE
THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THIS TAKES PLACE.
CONTAINED
THE
POWER
THIS
SUCH
TERMS AND ARRANGEMENT
WILL POWER
BE USED TO ENSURE THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAIR TO BOTH PARTIES TO AN INTERCONNECTION AND ARE NOT ANTI-COMPETITIVE WITH RESPECT TO OTHER OPERATORS, MRS CHAN SAID.
THE
RESPECT
LAST MAIN то THE
THE BILLS
THE
WITH
COMPETITIVE
AREA OF CONCERN ADDRESSED BY SMOOTHI FUNCTIONING OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET-PLACE IS CROSS-OWNERSHIP BETWEEN LICENSEES.
DEBATES ON THE BILLS WERE ADJOURNED.
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