2.—(1) For the purposes of subsection 2.5 of the Code of Practice for Competition in the Provision of Telecommunication Services 2005 (G.N. No. S 87/2005) (““Code””’), it is notified for general information that Singapore Telecommunications Limited (referred to in this Notification as SingTel) is exempted from the following provisions of the Code:
(a)
in relation to the provision of telecommunication services in the markets specified in sub-paragraph (2) and solely in relation to the specific telecommunication product offerings specified in relation to each market:
(i)
subsection 4.2.1.1 (Duty to Provide Service at Just and Reasonable Prices, Terms and Conditions);
(ii)
subsection 4.2.1.2 (Duty to Provide Service on a Non-discriminatory Basis);
(iii)
subsection 4.2.1.3 (Duty to Provide Unbundled Telecommunication Services);
(iv)
subsection 4.2.2.1 (Duty to Provide Service on Reasonable Request);
(v)
subsection 4.2.2.2 (Duty to Allow Resale of End User Telecommunication Services);
(vi)
subsection 4.2.2.3 (Duty to Allow Sales Agency);
(vii)
subsection 4.3 (Wholesale Services);
(viii)
subsection 4.4 (Tariffing);
(ix)
subsection 4.5 (Duty to Publish Tariffs);
(x)
subsection 4.6 (Duty to Provide Service Consistent with Effective Tariffs); and
(xi)
subsection 8.2 (Abuse of Dominant Position in the Singapore Market);
(b)
in relation to the provision of telecommunication services in the International Managed Data Services (IMDS) market and solely in relation to the specific telecommunication product offerings specified in sub-paragraph (3):
(i)
subsection 4.2.1.1 (Duty to Provide Service at Just and Reasonable Prices, Terms and Conditions);
(ii)
subsection 4.2.1.2 (Duty to Provide Service on a Non-discriminatory Basis);
(iii)
subsection 4.2.1.3 (Duty to Provide Unbundled Telecommunication Services);
(iv)
subsection 4.2.2.1 (Duty to Provide Service on Reasonable Request);
(v)
subsection 4.2.2.2 (Duty to Allow Resale of End User Telecommunication Services);
(vi)
subsection 4.2.2.3 (Duty to Allow Sales Agency);
(vii)
subsection 4.3 (Wholesale Services);
(viii)
subsection 4.4 (Tariffing);
(ix)
subsection 4.5 (Duty to Publish Tariffs); and
(x)
subsection 4.6 (Duty to Provide Service Consistent with Effective Tariffs).
(2) The markets and telecommunication product offerings referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) are —
(a)
in relation to the International IP Transit market, the following product offerings:
(i)
Standard Universal Internet Access service;
(ii)
Proritised Asia Direct Universal Internet Access service;
(iii)
SingTel EXPAN MyNetwork service;
(b)
in relation to the Leased Satellite Bandwidth market, the following product offering:
(i)
SingTel Leased Satellite Bandwidth service;
(c)
in relation to the Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) market, the following product offering:
(i)
SingTel Global Very Small Aperture Terminal service;
(d)
in relation to the Digital Video Broadcast-IP (DVB-IP) market, the following product offering:
(i)
SingTel Digital Video Broadcast-Internet Protocol service;
(e)
in relation to the Satellite TV Uplink market, the following product offerings:
(i)
Permanent Telecast Uplink service;
(ii)
Occasional Telecast Uplink service;
(f)
in relation to the Satellite TV Downlink market, the following product offerings:
(i)
Permanent Telecast Downlink service;
(ii)
Occasional Telecast Downlink service;
(g)
in relation to the Satellite International Private Leased Circuit (Satellite IPLC) market, the following product offerings:
(i)
IPLC service (via Satellite); and
(h)
in relation to any one or more markets specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g):
(i)
such other telecommunication service or product offering as may be confirmed by the Authority in writing under paragraph 3 to be within one of the markets in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g).
(3) The telecommunication product offerings referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) are —
(a)
Bilateral Frame Relay service;
(b)
ConnectPlus Frame Relay service;
(c)
ACASIA Frame Relay service;
(d)
Infonet Frame Relay service;
(e)
Bilateral Asynchronous Transfer Mode service;
(f)
ConnectPlus Asynchronous Transfer Mode service;
(g)
ACASIA Asynchronous Transfer Mode service;
(h)
Infonet Asynchronous Transfer Mode service;
(i)
ConnectPlus Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Network service; and
(j)
such other telecommunication service or product offering as may be confirmed by the Authority in writing under paragraph 3 to be within the International Managed Data Services (IMDS) market.
(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1)(b), (2)(a) to (g) and (3)(j), a reference to a market shall be construed as a reference to the market as described in the Authority’s Explanatory Memorandum dated 12th April 2005.