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WORLD TRADE S/NGBT/W/12/Add.16/Rev.2
6May 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1781)
Original: Spanish Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM CHILE
Final Schedule ofCommitments onBasic Telecommunications
Revision
Theattached communication iscirculated attherequest ofChile tomembers oftheNegotiating
Group onBasic Telecommunications.CHILE -REVISIONS/NGBT/W12/Add.16/Rev.2
Page 2Modes ofsupply: (1)Cross-border supply (2)Limitations onmarket access (3) Commercial presence (4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
BASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES (does notinclude local
basic telecommunications services)
Domestic andinternational long-
distance basic telecommunications
services ineach ofthefollowing
market sectors (wire-based, radio-
based, resale basis, facilities-based,
forpublic use, fornon-public use):
(a) Telephone services (CPC 7521)
(b) Packet-switched data
transmission services
(CPC 7523**)
(c) Circuit-switched data
transmission services
(CPC 7523**)
(d) Telex services (CPC 7523**)
(e) Telegraph services (CPC 7522)
(f) Facsimile services (CPC 7521**
+7529**)
(g) Private leased circuit services
(CPC 7522** +7523**)Horizontal measures remain as
indicated intheSchedule ofSpecific
Commitments.
(1) None
(2) None
(3) -Apermit issued by
SUBTEL isrequired.
-Subject toavailability of
frequencies.
-Enterprises supplying
domestic andinternational
long-distance services must
beopen corporations.
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section.Horizontal measures remain as
indicated intheSchedule ofSpecific
Commitments.
(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated
inthehorizontal section.Inorder topromote competition, fora
period offour years fordomestic and
three years forinternational long-
distance telephone services, forperiods
of12months from 27August 1994,
participation inthemarket byholders of
permits forintermediate services willbe
limited toamaximum percentage ofthe
total oftaxable minutes fornational and
international long-distance telephone
services laiddown intheLaw.
Additional commitments concerning
regulatory aspects (seeattachment).Modes ofsupply: (1)Cross-border supply (2)Limitations onmarket access (3) Commercial presence (4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
(h) Other
-Domestic andinternational
satellite services andsatellite
link/capacity
-Mobile services: cellular
services, personal
communications services,
paging services, mobile data
transmission servicesS/NGBT/W12/Add.16/Rev.2
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CHILE -CONDITIONAL LIST OFCOMMITMENTS:
ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS
Theadditional commitments listed below apply tothebasic telecommunications services in
respect ofwhich specific commitments areundertaken.
Definitions
Users means consumers ofservices andsuppliers ofservices.
Essential facilities means anypublic telecommunications transport network orservice facility
which:
(a) isprovided exclusively orpredominantly byasingle supplier oralimited number of
suppliers; and
(b) whose replacement forthepurposes ofproviding aservice isnotfeasible either
economically ortechnically.
Amajor supplier isoneabletoexert amajor influence ontheconditions ofparticipation (from
thestandpoint ofprices andsupply) inagiven basic telecommunications services market asaresult
of:
(a) control ofessential facilities; or
(b) theuseofmarket position.
1. Competitive safeguards
1.1 Prevention ofanti-competitive practices intelecommunications
Appropriate measures willbetaken toprevent those suppliers who, individually orcollectively,
aremajor suppliers from employing orcontinuing toemploy anti-competitive practices.
1.2 Safeguards
Theanti-competitive practices mentioned above willinclude, inparticular, thefollowing:
(a) anti-competitive cross-subsidy activities;
(b) using information obtained from competitors with anti-competitive results; and
(c) notmaking available toother suppliers ofservices, ingood time, technical information
onessential facilities andthecommercially relevant information those suppliers need
toprovide their services.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.16/Rev.2
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2. Interconnection
2.1 ThisArticle refers tothelink-up withsuppliers ofpublic telecommunications transport networks
orservices toenable theusers ofonesupplier tocommunicate with theusers ofanother supplier and
have access totheservices supplied byanother supplier.
2.2 Interconnection guarantees:
Interconnection with amajor supplier willbeguaranteed atanytechnically viable point ofthe
network. Such interconnection willbeensured:
(a) Onterms andconditions (including technical standards andspecifications) andattariffs
thatarenon-discriminatory, andwith aquality nolessfavourable than thatprovided
foritsown similar services ofnon-affiliated service suppliers orforitssubsidiaries
orother affiliated companies;
(b) Inatimely manner, onterms andconditions (including technical standards and
specifications) andatcost-based tariffs thataretransparent andreasonable, taking into
account economic viability, andsufficiently broken down toensure thatthesupplier
does nothave topayfornetwork components orfacilities thathedoes notrequire in
order tosupply theservice; and
(c) Onrequest, atadditional points other than thenetwork termination points offered to
themajority ofusers, ataprice thatreflects thecostofconstruction ofthenecessary
additional facilities.
2.3 Public availability ofinterconnection negotiating procedures
Theprocedures applicable tointerconnection with amajor supplier willbemade publicly
available.
2.4 Transparency ofinterconnection agreements
Itisguaranteed thatevery major supplier willmake publicly available itsinterconnection
agreements orabenchmark interconnection offer.
2.5 Interconnection: dispute settlement
Any service supplier requesting interconnection with amajor supplier may have recourse:
(a) atanytime, or
(b) after areasonable period thatisamatter ofpublic knowledge,
toanindependent national body toresolve, within areasonable period, disputes concerning
appropriate interconnection terms, conditions andtariffs, provided these have notbeen established
previously.