Currently, Portugal allows direct interconnection neither between the two Portuguese GSM operators, nor between those operators and foreign fixed or mobile networks. This restriction is, according to Portugal, necessary because the tariffs for the fixed telephone network are not yet cost-oriented.
... leased-lines tariffs must be cost-oriented, i.e. reflect only underlying costs and not the cost of providing fixed voice-telephony - which is a distinct service - in unprofitable areas and to unprofitable users in profitable areas.
