RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/GBT/W/1/Add.21
7February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0486)
Original: English Group onBasic Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM MALAYSIA
Draft Offer onBasic Telecommunications
Thefollowing communication iscirculated attherequest ofMalaysia tomembers oftheGroup
onBasic Telecommunications.
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Malaysia reserves therighttomodify thisconditional offeratanytimepriortotheconclusion
ofthenegotiations onBasic Telecommunications.
Malaysia further reserves therighttomake technical changes, amendments andcorrections
totheoffer.S/GBT/W/1/Add.21
Page2MALAYSIA -DRAFT OFFER ONBASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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
Basic Telecommunications
1. Voice Service (wired or
wireless)
2. Packet-switched data
transmission services,
including frame-relay services
3. Circuit switched data
transmission services
4. Facsimile Service
5. Private leased circuit service
6. Domestic/International
satellite services andsatellite
links/capacities (inclusive of
mobile satellite)
7. Satellite earth stations
8. International switching and
other international gateway
facilities
9. Mobile services -
analogue/digital cellular
10. Paging services
11. Trunked radio services
12. Video transport services(1) None
(2) None
(3) Only through acquisition ofshares ofexisting
licensed public telecommunications operators.
-Foreign shareholding ofupto30per
centinthese service providers isallowed
(4) Unbound except asindicated inhorizontal
commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except asindicated in
horizontal commitmentsPro-competition regulatory
principle inrespect of
interconnection
arrangement and
competition (Refer to
Annnex I).S/GBT/W/1/Add.21
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ANNEX I
Annex toAdditional Commitments
Principles Procedural Requirements
1.Competition safeguards Theregulatory body must takemeasures to:
-Maintain faircompetition among network operators
-Safeguard theinterest ofconsumers
2.Universal Service Obligation -Ensure thatnetwork operators contribute toUniversal
Service Obligation particularly theextension ofservices
intorural andother underserved areas asstipulated in
thelicences.
3.Public availability oflicensing
criteria-Toadvise other network operators onthelicensed status
ofeach network operator including terms andconditions
pertaining totheoperator 'slicence which govern the
right ofthelicensee tointerconnect withoperators
4.Independent regulator -Toexercise itsfunctions withrespect totheconduct of
telecommunications operators andtherunning of
telecommunications services inMalaysia asprovided for
under Section 3BoftheTelecommunications Act.
5.Interconnection arrangements Toensure thatthefollowing principles pertaining to
interconnection arrangements areadhered to:
-Interconnection andaccess between network operators
shall beonanequitable andnon-discriminatory basis.
-Charges forinterconnection facilities andservices
provided bynetwork operators shall befairand
equitable.
-Thetechnical qualities ofinterconnect facilities and
services provided bynetwork operators shall beofno
lessquality thanthatprovided bythem within their own
networks.
-Adomestic network operator inanyofthemarket
segments shall notabuse itsmarket power tolimit access
toessential facilities onlyforinterconnection.
-Thenetwork operator thatprovides theaccess
connection tothecustomer should beallowed totellhim
(thecustomer).
-Nocross-subsidies should beallowed between carriers
whereby onecarrier hastobearaninequitable share of
theUniversal Service Obligation burden where thesaid
share isnotproportional toitsmarket share.