Seven undertakings and associations provided comments following the notice published by the Commission on 7 September 1996. One of those undertakings nevertheless informed the Commission by letter dated 18 November 1996 that some of its comments may not be in line with the current situation in Portugal, given that Portugal Telecom was intending to apply cost-oriented interconnection tariffs for international calls.
This adverse effect on the development of trade between Member States would nevertheless be reduced if in future the Portuguese authorities, in the framework of the concession of March 1995, effectively ensures that Portugal Telecom applies cost-oriented rates for interconnection between its own network and mobile telephony networks, and in particular as regards charges for handling international calls.
