RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/NGBT/W/12/Add.23/Rev.1
24April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1576)
Original: English Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM MAURITIUS
Draft Offer onBasic Telecommunications
Revision
Thefollowing communication iscirculated attherequest ofMauritius tomembers ofthe
Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications.
_______________S/NGBT/W/12/Add.23/Rev.1
Page2MAURITIUS -REVISED DRAFT OFFER
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional
Commitments
2.C. TELECOMMUNICATION
SERVICES
a.Voice telephone
services
b.Packet switched data
transmission services
c.Circuit switched data
transmission services(1) Alternative calling practices such asCall-
Back andrefile arenotpermitted.
"Country Direct" calling cardservice is
possible under theauspices ofagreements
concluded between operators.
(2) None(1) None
(2) None
d.Telex services
e.Telegraph services
f.Private leased circuit
services(3) Theprovision ofthese services isat
present reserved, onade-facto basis, to
monopoly orexclusive supplier; resale is
notpermitted. Asecond cellular
telephone operator willbelicensed from
01.05.96
Monopoly andexclusive rights in
domestic andinternational services will
endby2004.(3) TheCompanies Act1994 requires foreign
companies tohave aregistered office in
Mauritius.Mauritius willincorporate
theprovisions contained
inthe"Reference Paper"
inthepending legislation,
which willcome before
parliament bytheendof
1996.
(4) Unbound except aslisted under horizontal
commitments.(4) Unbound except aslisted under horizontal
commitments.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.23/Rev.1
Page3Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional
Commitments
g.Facsimile services
o.Others
(i)Paging
(ii)Private Mobile
Radio(1) None
(2) None
(3) TheTelecommunication Authority hasthe
legal power toextend licences to
additional suppliers ofthese services
subject totheavailability offrequencies.
(4) Unbound except aslisted under horizontal
commitments.(1) None
(2) None
(3) TheCompanies Act1994 requires foreign
companies tohave aregistered office in
Mauritius.
(4) Unbound except aslisted under horizontal
commitments.
(iii)Equipment rental
services
(iv)Equipment sales
services
(v)Equipment
maintenance
services(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except aslisted under horizontal
commitments.(1) None
(2) None
(3) TheCompanies Act1994 requires foreign
companies tohave aregistered office in
Mauritius.
(4) Unbound except aslisted under horizontal
commitments.