Telecommunications (Exemption of Resellers of Local Calls Operating Coinafons or Payphones) Notification 2007

This Notification may be cited as the Telecommunications (Exemption of Resellers of Local Calls Operating Coinafons or Payphones) Notification 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2007.

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any person who operates coinafons or coin-operated or card-operated customer premises payphones in one or more premises for the purpose of providing local call services by way of resale shall be exempted from licensing under section 5 of the Act in respect of those services if, and only if —

he provides access to public emergency call services free-of-charge;

he provides local calls at a rate of 10 cents per 2 minutes or longer; and

where he provides local calls at any rate other than 10 cents per 3 minutes, he notifies his customers in advance of the rate for his services —

by publication on or adjacent to, or by announcement through, each coinafon or payphone; or

in such other similar manner as the Authority may approve.

The exemption in sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply or shall cease to apply, as the case may be, in respect of a person who is granted a licence to provide facilities-based operations under section 5 of the Act.

Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any person who operates coinafons or coin-operated or card-operated customer premises payphones in one or more premises for the purpose of providing local call services by way of resale shall be exempted from licensing under section 5 of the Act in respect of those services if, and only if —

he provides access to public emergency call services free-of-charge;

he provides local calls at a rate of 10 cents per 2 minutes or longer; and

where he provides local calls at any rate other than 10 cents per 3 minutes, he notifies his customers in advance of the rate for his services —

by publication on or adjacent to, or by announcement through, each coinafon or payphone; or

in such other similar manner as the Authority may approve.

The exemption in sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply or shall cease to apply, as the case may be, in respect of a person who is granted a licence to provide facilities-based operations under section 5 of the Act.

The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (Exemption of Resellers of Local Calls Operating Coinafons and Payphones) Order (O 2) is revoked.