RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/NGBT/W/12/Add.23
11March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0905)
Original: English Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM MAURITIUS
Draft Offer onBasic Telecommunications
Thefollowing communication iscirculated attherequest ofMauritius tomembers ofthe
Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications.
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional
Commitments
2.C. TELECOMMUNICATION
SERVICES
a.Voice telephone
services
b.Packet switched data
transmission services
c.Circuit switched data
transmission services(1) Alternative calling practices such asCall-
Back andrefile arenotpermitted.
"Country Direct" calling cardservice is
possible under theauspices ofagreements
concluded between operators.
(2) None(1) None
(2) None
d.Telex services
e.Telegraph services
f.Facsimile services
g.Private leased circuit
services
o.Others
(i)Paging
(ii)Private Mobile
Radio(3) Theprovision ofthese services isat
present reserved, onade-facto basis, to
monopoly orexclusive suppliers, withthe
exception ofPaging Services andprivate
mobile radio which arede-facto
duopolies. Asecond cellular telephone
operator willbelicensed from 01.05.96
-Resale isnotpermitted.
However, theTelecommunication
Authority hasthelegal power toextend
licences toadditional suppliers ofthese
services onthebasis ofaneconomic
needs testandsubject totheavailability of
frequencies.1(3) Bound under companies Act1994, Non-
Citizens Property Restriction Act1988,
Income TaxAct1974, Banking Act1988
(tobeexplicited).
(4) Unbound except aslisted under horizontal
commitments.(4) Unbound except aslisted under horizontal
commitments.
1Licences arerequired aspertheTelecommunication Actof1988.S/NGBT/W/12/Add.23
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Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional
Commitments
o.Others (continued)
(iii)Equipment rental
services
(iv)Equipment sales
services
(v)Equipment
maintenance
services(1) None
(2) None
(3) None1
(4) Unbound except aslisted under horizontal
commitments.(1) None
(2) None
(3) Bound under Companies Act1994, Non-
Citizens Property Restriction Act1988,
Income TaxAct1974, Banking Act1988
(tobeexplicited).
(4) Unbound except aslisted under horizontal
commitments.
1Licences arerequired aspertheTelecommunication Actof1988.