What's New

Eircom, per ComReg Decision D06/08, was designated with significant market power in the wholesale market for the terminating segment of leased lines. ComReg in Consultation No. 10/32 and Consultation No.11/32 consulted upon a further specification of the Price Control Obligation in the wholesale market for the terminating segment of leased lines. ComReg has now reached a final Decision on the appropriate price control and this is set out in ComReg Decision D02/12.

 

ComReg further extends deadline for ComReg Document 11/72

 

New deadline Oct 19th

 

 

 

ComReg extends deadline to Consultation No. 11/40 - Next Generation Access (NGA) remedies in wholesale regulated markets.

 

ComReg has today agreed to extend the deadline for response to its Consultation, Document No. 11/40 Next Generation Access (NGA) remedies in wholesale regulated markets. This extension has been granted in response to a number of requests from interested parties for additional time. The deadline for responses will be 5.30 p.m. on Friday 29 July.

 

ComReg has launched its new consumer website, www.phonesmart.ie, which provides advice on premium rate services (PRS) and their use.

 

ComReg has today published its proposals on including the 1800 MHz band as part of the proposed joint 800/900 MHz award process. The deadline for responses is 5 pm on the 21st of January 2011.

 

ComReg has today agreed to extend the deadline for response to its Consultation, Document No. 10/81 Market Review: Wholesale Broadband Access Consultation and Draft Decision. The deadline for responses will be 5.30 p.m. on Monday 6th December 2010.

 

ComReg today published an Information Notice (ComReg 10/91) that is intended to provide guidance to Next Generation Voice (including VoIP) providers regarding the implications of the 2009 EU Regulatory Framework, following its transposition into Irish law in 2011. A report by Analysys Mason (ComReg 10/91a), which put forward recommendations that ComReg could take into account, is published in conjunction with the Information Notice.

 

ComReg has agreed to extend the deadline for response to Consultation Document No. 10/81, to Monday 3rd December 2010.

 

Following a request, ComReg has agreed to extend the deadline for response to Consultation Document No. 10/76: ‘Wholesale Call Origination and Wholesale Call Termination Markets: Consultation and draft decisions’ in relation to proposed amendments to the price control obligations and further specifications of the transparency obligations’ to 5pm, Tuesday 23 November 2010. The deadline for responses to Consultation Document No. 10/74 ‘Consultation on the Introduction of Key Performance Indicators for Regulated Markets’ is extended to 5pm, Monday 22 November 2010.

 

ComReg extends the response deadline to Consultation Document No. 10/70. Following a request, ComReg has agreed to extend the deadline for response to Consultation Document No. 10/70: ‘Further specification of the price control obligation, the transparency obligation and the access obligation in relation to the market for the wholesale terminating segment of leased lines’ to Friday, 29th October 2010.

 

Following a request from interested parties to this consultation, ComReg has agreed to extend the deadline for responses to its recent Consultation Document 10/60 - 'Sixth Review of the National Numbering Conventions' until Friday, 1st October 2010.

 

Following a request from an interested party to this consultation, ComReg has today agreed to extend the deadline for response to its recent Consultation Document No. 10/56 ‘Wholesale Broadband Access: Consultation and draft decision on the appropriate price control’ to Friday, 24 September 2010.

 

ComReg has today published its decision on Accounting Separation and Cost Accounting which further specifies these obligations on Eircom Limited and its annual financial reporting requirements to ComReg for its regulated operations. Please see the document below for further details.

 

On Thursday 29 July 2010, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources announced that analogue terrestrial television will be switched-off in the State in Quarter 4 of 2012. The switch-off of analogue TV services will release valuable radio spectrum that can be used for new and innovative electronic communications services and additional/enhanced television services. This freeing up of frequencies as a result of the switchover from analogue to digital terrestrial TV is commonly known as the “Digital Dividend.” ComReg has issued an Information Notice to provide an update to stakeholders on the expected availability and release of Digital Dividend spectrum and, in particular, the 800 MHz band. The information notice also outlines the next steps in relation to the 900 MHz liberalisation process.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has announced that the deadline for the submission of responses to its current public consultation on the Implementation of EC Decision 2008/411/EC and Introduction of Mobility to the 3400 – 3800 MHz Band has been extended to 3 September 2010. The consultation deals with the ComReg’s obligation to implement EC Decision 2008/411 EC and how its proposals to implement same will impact on licensees in the 3400 – 3800 MHz band.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation, in co-operation with Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, CTVR Trinity College Dublin and WirelessLAB will hold a seminar entitled 'Cognitive Radio - An Opportunity for Ireland' on Wednesday 21 July, 2010 in CTVR, The Telecommunications Research Centre, Dunlop Oriel House, Corner of Fenian Street & Westland Row, Trinity College, Dublin. Please see the agenda below for further details.

 

ComReg has today agreed to extend the deadline for response to its recent Consultation Document 10/31 - Draft Strategy Statement 2010 – 2012 to Friday, 21 May. Please see document below.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) today published its draft Strategy Statement for the electronic communications sector for 2010 – 2012, as required under the 2002 Communications Regulation Act. Comments are invited by 14 May, 2010. Please see the documents below for further information.

 

ComReg today issued a Revision to Response to Consultation Document No. 09/85 - Dispute Resolution Procedures: Framework Regulations. This document is being re-issued to include COLT's submission which was omitted in error. Please see document below.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) today published details of the commitments made by Eircom Limited (Eircom) in the course of the competition for the fourth third generation mobile (3G) licence which was held in 2005. The licence was awarded in 2006 following the outcome of litigation in connection with this competition. Eircom subsequently transferred its 3G licence, along with all associated rights and obligations, to Meteor Mobile Communications Limited (Meteor) in June 2008. Please see document below for further details.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) welcomes the conclusion of an agreement between Hutchison 3G Ireland Limited (3) and Tesco Mobile Ireland Limited (Tesco Mobile) such that 3's customers and Tesco Mobile's customers can now make calls to customers of each other's networks. Until now, it had not been possible for customers of 3 to make calls to Tesco Mobile customers. ComReg believes that consumers expect to be able to call any Irish network, irrespective of their choice of mobile or fixed line operator and this development removes a problem about which many consumers have complained to ComReg. This development will benefit the customers of both 3 and Tesco Mobile and will increase the level of choice available to all Irish consumers.

 

ComReg has today published its decision on LLU pricing which sets a maximum Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) rental charge of 12.41 and a maximum Sub-Loop Unbundling (SLU) rental charge of 10.53 for access to its local loop network. Please see the document below for further details.

 

This year, ComReg sponsored a Special Award in the Technology category at the 2010 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition for the project which provided the most innovative application of technology in radiocommunications. The winner of the award was Ben Chapman from Scoil Mhuire Community School, Kildare for his project entitled Exploitation of Routers using Alternative DNS Servers.

 

Following a request from interested parties to this consultation, ComReg has today agreed to further extend the deadline for response to its recent Consultation Document 09/75 Accounting Separation and Cost Accounting Review Draft Accounting Direction to Eircom Limited to the 12 February, 2010. Please see document below.

 

ComReg today published a consultation and draft direction in relation to further specifying the obligation not to unreasonably bundle pursuant to ComReg Decision D07/61. Please see the document below for further details.

 

ComReg makes final determination in dispute between Hutchinson 3G Ireland and Tesco Mobile Ireland.

 

Following a request from Eircom and other interested parties, ComReg has today agreed to extend the deadline for response to its recent Consultation Document 09/75 Accounting Separation and Cost Accounting Review Draft Accounting Direction to Eircom Limited to the 29 January 2010. Please see document below.

 

ComReg today published its Response to Consultation Document No. 08/105 and Decision in relation to the Intra Migration Premium charge. This Decision removes the Intra Migration Premium charge. Please see the document below for further details.

 

ComReg today launched a consultation on improvements to the Regulatory process of Financial Reporting of Eircom Limited. Please see the document below for further details.

 

Today ComReg published the fourth wave of Irish and EU mobile roaming aggregated data. This document also outlines the 2009 and 2010 amendments to the roaming Regulation including information on the current price caps set for voice calls and SMS while roaming in the EU and other requirements of the Regulation.Please see document below for further details.

 

ComReg today published its Response to consultation Document No. 08/106 and Decision in relation to the monthly rental charge for line share. This Decision sets the monthly rental charge for line share at a maximum of 0.77. Please see documents below for further details.

 

ComReg today published its Response to Consultation Document 09/11 and Decision 03/09 in relation to the regulatory asset lives of Eircom Limited. Please see document below for further details.

 

Following a number of requests, ComReg has today extended the deadline for receipt of submissions to its Discussion Document on Next Generation Broadband in Ireland (ComReg Document 09/56). The closing date for submissions is now Tuesday 1 September, 2009. Please see below document for further details.

 

ComReg publishes a further short consultation regarding the LLU & SLU monthly rental charges. The consultation covers four particular areas relevant to price setting where views of industry would be welcome. Please see below document for further details.

 

ComReg has today made a final determination in respect to the dispute between BT Communications Ireland Limited and Eircom Limited regarding an alleged failure by Eircom Limited to provide Wholesale Leased Line terminating segments based on uncontended Ethernet access. Please see document below for further details.

 

ComReg today issued its Response to Consultation Document No. 08/66 on the basis of determining the appropriate Number Portability charges from 30 November 2007 to 29 January 2009. Please see document below for further details.

 

ComReg has today made a final determination in respect to the dispute between Colt Telecom Ireland and Eircom Limited in regarding Eircoms provision of Wholesale Uncontended Ethernet access components. In summary, the determination sets out that Colts request was a reasonable request for Wholesale Uncontended Ethernet access components and that Eircom has an obligation to meet this request for access, pursuant to Decision D7/05. Please see document below for further details.

 

ComReg has today notified Eircom Limited of an Opinion of Non-compliance with its obligations not to unreasonably bundle. Please see document below for further details.

 

Today ComReg has issued an update in respect of ComRegs investigation into Eircoms breach of its transparency obligations around the sale of its White Label product. Please see document below for further details.

 

ComReg has extended the deadline, by one week, for the submission of responses to ComReg document 09/11 – Review of the Regulatory Asset Lives of Eircom Limited. . The consultation period will now close on Friday 27 March 2009

 

ComReg has today made a final determination in respect to the dispute between BT Ireland and Eircom in relation to Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) collocation at Eircom Nutley Exchange. In summary, the determination sets out that BTs request was a reasonable request for an existing LLU service and that Eircom has an obligation to meet this request for access, pursuant to Decision D8/04. The determination also sets out that Eircom is to make an offer to BT for the requested access and defines the terms associated with this offer. The full determination is published below.

 

ComReg has undertaken a comprehensive review of Eircoms fixed line asset register. Its preliminary conclusions include increasing the life of ducts from 20 years to 40 years and poles from 15 years to 30 years. Please see documents below for further details.

 

TETRA, the new mobile radio service for use by the emergency services, is currently being rolled out nationwide. People who live in close proximity to a Garda station or another facility where a TETRA base station is installed may have their television reception affected if they have an unfiltered wideband masthead amplifier installed with their television aerial. Please click on the headline above for further information.

 

ComReg has extended the deadline by two weeks for submission of responses to ComReg Document 08/106 Rental Price for Shared Access to the Unbundled Local Loop. The consultation period will now run from Tuesday 23 December, 2008 to Wednesday 11 March, 2009.

 

ComReg has extended the deadline responses to ComReg Document 08/104 by one week. The consultation period will now run until Friday 20 February, 2009 at 5pm.

 

The Commission for Commissions Regulation (ComReg) today published a decision in relation to the maximum charges for wholesale fixed and mobile number porting. The decision sets out that a mobile operator cannot charge in excess of 2.05 to another mobile operator when a customer moves. Similarly, a fixed operator cannot charge in excess of 4.02 to another fixed operator when a customer moves.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has today published the outcome of its review of the Code of Practice (CoP) for Single Billing via Wholesale Line Rental (SB-WLR). Following this review the CoP is now composed of two documents to aid consumers and the industry. One document outlines the provisions that have a legal basis and the other documents outlines the provisions that do not have a legal basis. This should help consumers to know what to expect from their operator. Please see documents below for further details.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has today announced that, following a request from Eircom Limited (Eircom), the deadline for Eircom to make representations or remedy the non-compliance with its non-discrimination obligation in relation to Sync Checker has been extended to 9 January 2009. The Information Notice 08/95, published 4 December 2008, which is available on the ComReg website www.comreg.ie, stated that ComReg had notified Eircom of its findings of non-compliance. Eircom was given one month to make representations or remedy the non-compliance.

 

On the 4 January 2008, ComReg published Consultation Document 08/05 and subsequently notified the European Commission of its proposals as per Information Notice 08/98. Given the elapsed time since the publication of the consultation and the receipt of responses from industry, ComReg would now welcome any further comments from interested parties by 5pm, 13 January 2009. Please see document below for further details.

 

ComReg has notified the European Commission of the proposal for monitoring bundled offers that include regulated services. Please see document below for further details.

 

ComReg has today issued a notification of non-compliance to Eircom in respect of its non-discrimination obligations. This non-compliance relates Eircoms to provide Broadband metrics to Other Authorised Operators in the manner and to the quality required by its obligations. Please see document below for further details.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulations (ComReg) has today amended the General Authorisation (ComReg Document Number 03/81) to provide for new legal obligations pertaining to all Authorised Persons who provide, or wish to provide, electronic communications service or electronic communications network to consumers. The new legal obligations address situations where a cessation of service to consumers is reasonably probable and include obligations to notify ComReg and consumers of such a cessation and can be found in ComReg Document Number 03/81R1 which is attached below.

 

ComReg has today issued revised Guidelines to Applicants for Fixed Wireless Access Local Area (FWALA) Licences. Please see attached document for further details.

 

Regulatory Value - Competition Journal Article October 2008

 

Following a request from an operator for clarification on a number of points raised in the recently published 'Market Analysis: Leased Lines Markets Response to Consultation and Consultation on Draft Decision' (ComReg 08/63), ComReg has issued an Information Notice (ComReg 08/74) setting out its response to this request.

 

Following a request by an Operator, ComReg has extended the deadline for submission of responses to ComReg Document 08/63 entitled “Market Analysis: Leased Lines Markets Response to Consultation and Consultation on Draft Decision”. The consultation period will now run to 5.30pm on Wednesday, September 17, 2008.

 

ComReg today published two consultations, the first on the maximum charges for Fixed and Mobile Number Porting that are in compliance with the ComReg Document 07/98, and the second in relation to the appropriate charges since the decision on relevant costs was made in November 2007 by ComReg. Please see attached documents for further details.

 

Following a request by an Operator, ComReg has further extended the deadline for submission of responses to ComReg Document 08/56 entitled 'Consultation on Proposals for Local Loop Unbundling Pricing Methodologies'. The consultation period will now run to 5.30pm on Wednesday, September 10, 2008.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has today announced that following a request from Eircom, the deadline for Eircom to make representations or remedy the non-compliance with its transparency obligation in relation to call origination, call termination and call transit has been extended by one week to 15th August, 2008. Please see attached document for further details.

 

ComReg has today published a document setting out its response to Consultation on the Market Review of Leased Lines. Please see attached document for further details.

 

ComReg has further extended the deadline for submission of responses to ComReg Document 08/41 entitled ' Market Analysis: Wholesale Unbundled Access'. The consultation period will now run to close of business on Wednesday, August 13, 2008.

 

ComReg today published its Consultation on an appropriate methodology for the calculation of the Eircom LLU monthly charge to other Operators. The closing date for the Consultation is Friday 22 August 2008. Please see attached document for further details.

 

ComReg has today issued a notification of non-compliance to Eircom in respect of its transparency obligations. This non-compliance relates to the failure by Eircom to publish the terms and conditions (including price) of a new wholesale “White Label” PSTN product in the manner and to the quality required by its obligations.

 

ComReg directs Eircom to amend the current monthly LLU Line Share price.

 

ComReg has received and accepted a request for dispute resolution from BT Communications Ireland Limited under Regulation 31 of the Framework Regulations.

 

BT has alleged that Eircom broadband-enabled the Newtownforbes RSU exchange, without notifying Other Authorised Operators, while actively selling its retail broadband service

 

ComReg today published a consultation on its analysis of the wholesale unbundled access market. Please see attached documents for further information.

 

The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan TD, has announced a public consultation process about the issues to be addressed in transposing the European Communities’ Third Postal Directive into Irish Law. Please see attached document for further information.

 

ComReg today published a response to Consultation Document 07/45 (which was a national consultation on the proposal to attach conditions to the General Authorisation regarding electronic communications service disruption) and a further Consultation on the amended conditions. Please see document below for further details.

 

ComReg has received and accepted a request for dispute resolution from BT Communications Ireland Limited under Regulation 31 of the Framework Regulations. The scope of the dispute concerns an alleged failure by Eircom to provide Leased Line terminating segments based on uncontended Ethernet Acess.

 

ComReg has received and accepted a request for dispute resolution from Colt Telecom Ireland Limited under Regulation 31 of the Framework Regulations. The scope of the dispute concerns an alleged failure by Eircom to provide Leased Line terminating segments based on uncontended Ethernet Acess.

 

ComReg today published guidelines for applications for spectrum which has become available for licensing for certain areas within the 3.5GHz FWALA band. Please see attached document for further information. All FWALA maps have been updated on ComReg’s website and are accurate as of today, 2nd April. Please see FWALA section of this website for more details.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has today announced that the deadline for the submission of responses to its proposed strategy for Managing the Radio Spectrum: 2008 - 2010 (see document attached) has been extended to 2 May, 2008, following requests from interested parties.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has today published its Quarterly Report for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2007. The Report shows that Ireland has over 5 million mobile phone subscriptions. Please see attached documents for further details.

 

ComRegs finds that Eircom has remedied the previously notified discriminatory performance in repairing PSTN faults for other operators. This related to the period from Dec 2006 until May 2007 when Eircom’s performance in repairing OAO customers’ faults was inferior to its performance in repairing faults for its own customers.

 

ComReg has today (22 February) issued directions to Eircom, directing it to increase the retail minus percentage applicable to Single Billing Wholesale Line Rental (“SB-WLR”) from the current margin of retail minus 10% to retail minus 14%. Eircom has also been directed to give effect to the resulting amendments to wholesale prices for SB-WLR in all bills issued by Eircom to other authorised operators on and after 1 May, 2008.

 

ComReg has extended the deadline by two weeks regarding ComReg Document 08/09 ‘Request for Number Portability Price Submission from Fixed and Mobile Operators’. Pricing data must now be submitted by close of business on Friday 29 February, 2008.

 

ComReg wishes to announce that it has awarded four contracts to three sets of consultants, for consultancy services advising on eircom's proposed structural separation. The total value of all four contracts awarded is 712,846 euro. Oxera/Ellare has been appointed to advise on the operational impact of separation. LECG has been appointed to advise on two areas, strategic issues and regulatory pricing/accounting separation. IBI Corporate Finance has been retained to advise on corporate finance issues

 

ComReg has extended the deadline by one week for submission of responses to ComReg Document 08/05 entitled 'Treatment of Regulated Services within Bundled Retail Offers'. The consultation period will now run to close of business on Friday 15 February, 2008.

 

ComReg has received and accepted a request for dispute resolution from Hutchison 3G Ireland under the Dispute Resolution Procedures set out under ComReg decision notice D18/03. The scope of the dispute concerns an alleged failure by Tesco Mobile to negotiate interconnection by virtue of a failure to negotiate Mobile Termination Rates for the provision of mobile voice call termination services.

 

ComReg has extended the deadline by one week for submission of responses to ComReg Document 08/06 on Market Analysis: Wholesale Voice Call Termination on Hutchison 3G Ireland’s Mobile Network. The consultation period will now run to 5.30 pm on Tuesday 19 February, 2008.

 

ComReg today published a consultation paper outlining its approach to the treatment of regulated products within bundled offers. Please see attached documents for further information.

 

Following public consultation, ComReg has updated the National Numbering Conventions and the associated numbering applications procedures document. These documents, which represent the rules for numbering in Ireland, are published here along with ComReg’s Response to Consultation on the numbering conventions.

 

ComReg has today updated the Irish Telephony Numbering & Dialling Plan Status Report, which provides an overview of the Irish numbering plan.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) Sonas agus Síocháin oraibh um Nollaig Christmas Greetings & Blessings to all Consumers, Users, Licensees, Government, Business Associates, Colleagues & Friends and wishing you peace and happiness throughout the year.

 

ComReg has extended the deadline for submission of responses to Review of Eircom's cost of capital - ComReg Document 07/88

 

ComReg has issued its specification on, firstly, the allowable costs for the pricing of interconnection related to number portability (‘NP’) to ensure cost orientation and secondly, that there shall be no direct charges to subscribers for porting of a number.

 

ComReg has extended the deadline by one week for submission of responses to ComReg Document 07/83 on the Interconnection Market Review – Fixed Wholesale Call Termination Services”. The consultation period will now run to Wednesday 21 November, 2007.

 

ComReg's annual conference will take place in the Morrison Hotel, Dublin on Thursday 18th October, 2007. Entitled 'Postal Services for the 21st Century', the conference will focus on the postal services that consumers such as businesses, administrative bodies and private individuals will need in the future, and how best these services can be provided in terms of price quality and services.

 

The consumer guide Phones and Broadband - a Guide for People with Disabilities and Older People, has been launched by ComReg and the National Disability Authority (NDA).

 

ComReg has issued revised guidelines to licence applicants for Radio Spectrum Links - Point-to-Point (> 1GHz).This document (ComReg 98/14R4) replaces the previous guidelines which were issued in December 2002.

 

Extension to responses to document 07/55 Consultation on Universal Service Performance Targets

 

Draft Interface Requirements for Maritime Radio Services in Ireland

 

Comreg has increased the deadline of the current Universal Service consultation by ten days. We invite the public to use this time and submit their views in relation to reviewing the Universal Service performance targets.

 

Comreg has increased the deadline of the current Universal Service consultation by ten days. We invite the public to use this time and submit their views in relation to reviewing the Universal Service performance targets.

 

ComReg today published its Guidelines on Regulatory Impact Assessment, which set out its approach to ensuring that the overall impact of any legal obligations it imposes have been thoroughly considered and analysed.

 

ComReg has today confirmed that eircom have complied with the Telecommunications Tariff Regulation Order 2003 in the year 2006/07. Compliance was monitored throughout the year from February 2006 to February 2007. eircom had the scope to make increases of up to 2.5%, but in fact made aggregate decreases of 1.25%.

 

ComReg has published the Response to Consultation and Consultation on Draft Decision in relation to the Call Origination and Call Transit Markets.

 

ComReg Introduces Harmonised Services of Social Value using the national "116" Number Range

 

ComReg Consults on Review of National Numbering Conventions

 

ComReg would like to welcome you to its newly designed website.

 

ComReg would like to welcome you to its newly designed website.

 

ComReg publishes Information Notice on Short Range Devices in the 10.5 GHz band

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has published its Quarterly Report for the first quarter of 2007. It shows continued strong growth in Irish broadband markets. At the end of March 2007, there were 602,000 broadband subscribers in Ireland. Please see attached documents for further information.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) for the postal industry in Ireland, today published the results of its quarterly independent report on the Quality of Service performance of An Post. Please see attached documents for further information.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) is pleased to announce that the wholesale cost of telephone calls charged by eircom is to fall by approximately 10% from 1 July 2007. Please see attached documents for further information.

 

ComReg, the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) for the postal industry in Ireland, today published the results of its quarterly independent report on the Quality of Service performance of An Post.

 

ComReg has extended the deadline for submission of responses to ComReg Document 07/26 on the market review of the Fixed Retail Narrowband Access Markets from the 1 June 2007 to the 8 June 2007.

 

ComReg launched its initial wireless broadband scheme in 2003. This scheme promoted greater broadband competition and offered consumers greater choice in broadband provision. Today ComReg has published new guidelines which will allow existing wireless broadband providers to increase their service area to 20km in each fixed wireless area frequency band. please see attached documents for further information.

 

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) for the postal industry in Ireland, today published the results of its fourth independent annual report on the Quality of Service performance of An Post. Please see attached documents for further information.

 

ComReg is pleased to announce that the wholesale cost of telephone calls charged by eircom is to fall by approximately 10% from 1 July 2007.

 

ComReg today publishes its market review for the fixed retail narrowband access markets. The document sets outs ComReg's findings in relation to market definition and market analysis. In addition, it imposes regulatory remedies at both the wholesale and retail level which are considered justified and proportionate. ComReg has concluded that eircom Ltd. should be designated as having SMP in the fixed retail market for lower level narrowband access to the public telephone network and in the fixed retail market for higher level narrowband access to the public telephone network.

 

This report is the first of four interim reports which outline the programme to measure Non-Ionising Radiation (NIR) at 130 sites nationwide during 2007 and covers the results of the first 25 sites measured under the programme.

 

ComReg intends to consult with interested parties on the reservation of spectrum for use under the National Broadband Scheme. Please find the relevant document on this matter.

 

ComReg today issued its 8th Status Update on Local Loop Unbundling. Please find the Status Report here.