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Paragraph 2 List of services and facilities referred to in regulation 6(2):

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Community-wide access to green/freephone services

(a)

Such services, variously known as green numbers, freephone services, 0800 numbers etc. include dial-up services where the caller pays either nothing for the call or only part of the total cost of the call.

Community-wide kiosk billing

(b)

Kiosk billing means a facility whereby charges for the use of a service accessed through a relevant Licensee’s network are combined with the network call charges (“premium rate service”).

Community-wide call transfer

(c)

that is to say transfer of an established call to a third party in the United Kingdom or another member State.

Community-wide automatic reverse charging service facility for calls which are terminated and originated within the Community

(d)

that is to say prior to the call being connected, the called party, at the caller’s request, agrees to accept the cost of the call.

Community-wide calling-line identification

(e)

that is to say the calling party’s number is presented to the called party prior to the call being established.

  • This facility should be provided in accordance with the relevant legislation for the time being in force on data protection and privacy.

Access to operator services in other member States

(f)

that is to say users of a relevant Licensee’s fixed public telephone network can call the operator/assistance service in another member State.

Access to directory enquiry services in other member States

(g)

that is to say users of a relevant Licensee’s fixed public telephone network can call the directory enquiry service in another member State.