service the main application of which involves the interchange of the spoken word between two subscribers
a two-way telecommunications service involving direct real-time voice communication between two or more natural persons, but does not include a service the voice aspect of which is limited to the coordination or setting up a data service
Hea teada
Vt ka kirjet 'voice telephony'. {SCS 16.11.2000}
FR: service vocal [T40978]; service de téléphonie [T50043]
DE: Sprachdienst [T40978] [T50043]
FI: puhelintoimintapalvelu [T40978]; puhelinpalvelu [T50043]
... the majority of comments:
- state that there is no justification for granting a derogation in order to allow the Portuguese Government to safeguard itself against the effects of implementing Commission Directive 94/46/EC of 13 October 1994 (5) concerning satellite communications and of the liberalization of non-reserved services including voice services for Closed User Groups ('CUGs') under Directive 90/388/EEC that should have taken effect years ago.
During the public consultation organized by the Commission in 1992 on the situation in the telecommunications sector, following the Communication of the Commission of 21 October 1992, the effectiveness of the measures liberalizing the telecommunications sector and in particular the liberalization of data communications, value added services and the provision of data and voice services to corporate users and closed user groups, was questioned by many service providers and users of such services.
