Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme, 1995.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Scheme may be cited as the Telecommunications (Amendment) (No. 3) Scheme, 1995.
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paragraphs: (1) The collective citation "the Telecommunications Scheme, 1994 and 1995" includes this Scheme.
(2) This Scheme shall come into operation on 26 May, 1995.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) applies to this Scheme.
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paragraphs: The Telecommunications Scheme, 1994 ( S.I. No. 177 of 1994 ) is hereby amended by the substitution of the following Part 7 for Part 7 of the First Schedule thereto:
"PART 7
EIRCELL
A. CALL CHARGES
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paragraphs: Subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in the State or in Northern Ireland:
Analogue Service
(Eircell Business)
Analogue Service
(Eircell Personal)
GSM Service
Standard Rate
Reduced Rate
Peak Rate
Off-Peak Rate
Weekend Rate
Standard Rate
Reduced Rate
Minimum Charge (30 seconds)
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paragraphs: 17p
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paragraphs: 5p
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paragraphs: 99p
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paragraphs: 32p
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paragraphs: 49p
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paragraphs: 5p
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paragraphs: 5p
Per each periodof 10 seconds or part of such period thereafter
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paragraphs: 72p
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paragraphs: 5p
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paragraphs: 33p
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paragraphs: 44p
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paragraphs: 83p
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paragraphs: 16p
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paragraphs: 83p
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paragraphs: Calls, other than subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephone in the State or in Northern Ireland:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Standard Rate
Reduced Rate
Minimum Charge (3 minutes)
Per minute or part of a minute thereafter
149p
33p
116p
22p
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paragraphs: Subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in Great Britain, the Isle of Man and Channel Islands:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Seconds—
Standard Rate
Seconds—
Reduced Rate
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paragraphs: 17p per period of time or part of period of time specified
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paragraphs: 8
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paragraphs: Calls, other than subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Standard Rate
Reduced Rate
Minimum Charge (3 minutes)
Per minute or part of a minute thereafter
227p
59p
167p
39p
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paragraphs: Subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in Band 1 states and territories:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Seconds—
Standard Rate
Seconds—
Reduced Rate
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paragraphs: 17p per period of time or part of period of time specified
11
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paragraphs: Subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in Band 2 states and territories:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Seconds
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paragraphs: 17p per period of time or part or period of time specified
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paragraphs: 5
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paragraphs: Subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in Band 3 states and territories:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Seconds—Standard Rate
Seconds—Reduced Rate
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paragraphs: 17p per period of time or part of period of time specified
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paragraphs: 99
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paragraphs: 99
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paragraphs: Subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in Band 4 states and territories:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Seconds
11 .17p per period of time or part or period of time specified
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paragraphs: 87
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paragraphs: Subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in Band 5 states and territories:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Seconds
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paragraphs: 17p per period of time or part or period of time specified
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paragraphs: 71
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paragraphs: Calls, other than subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in Band 1 states and territories:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Minimum Charge (3 minutes)
Per minute or part of a minute thereafter
281p
77p
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paragraphs: Calls, other than subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephone in Band 2 states and territories :
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Minimum Charge (3 minutes)
Per minute or part of minute thereafter
317p
89p
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paragraphs: Calls, other than subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in Band 3 states and territories:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Standard Rate
Reduced Rate
Minimum Charge (3 minutes)
Per minute or part of a minute thereafter
500p
150p
386p
112p
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paragraphs: Calls, other than subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in Band 4 States and territories:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Minimum Charge (3 minutes)
Per minute or part of a minute thereafter
680p
210p
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paragraphs: Calls, other than subscriber dialled calls, from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to telephones in Band 5 states and territories:
ANALOGUE AND GSM SERVICES
Minimum Charge (3 minutes)
Per minutes or part of a minute thereafter
791p
247p
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paragraphs: A call made from, Eircell GSM equipment outside the State to a telephone in any part of the world, shall be charged at the current tariff applicable to such call which is specified by the appropriate GSM cellular network operator in the state or territory in which the call originates together with an Eircell service charge amounting to 15% of the GSM cellular network operators charge in respect of the call.
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paragraphs: Eircell GSM subscribers shall be charged in respect of calls received on Eircell GSM equipment outside the State as if the call received were a call made by such subscriber, from Eircell GSM equipment in the State, to a telephone in the state or territory in which the call is actually received.
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paragraphs: Eircell subscribers shall be charged in respect of calls made from Eircell Analogue equipment or from Eircell GSM equipment in the State to Eircell GSM equipment outside the State, as if such calls were calls described in paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of Section A of this Part of this Schedule, as appropriate.
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(i) In respect of calls described at paragraph 1 above:
( a ) Standard Rate applies to calls from between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive).
( b ) Reduced Rate applies to calls made between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive) and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays and other days announced by Bord Telecom Eireann.
( c ) Peak Rate applies to calls made between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive).
( d ) Off-Peak applies to calls made between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive).
( e ) Weekend Rate applies to calls made on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays and other days announced by Bord Telecom Eireann.
( f ) The Eircell Business tariff package will be applied to a subscriber to the Eircell Analogue Service unless and until such subscriber notifies Bord Telecom Eireann, in such manner as may be required by it, that he:
(i) elects for the Eircell Personal Tariff package; and.
(ii) agrees to pay Eircell Personal accounts by direct debit, if required.
(ii) In respect of calls described at paragraph 2 above:
( a ) Standard Rate applies to calls from between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive).
( b ) Reduced Rate applies to calls made between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive) and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays and other days announced by Bord Telecom Eireann.
(iii) In respect of calls described af paragraph 3 above:
( a ) Standard Rate applies to calls from between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive).
( b ) Reduced Rate applies to calls made between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive) and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays and other days announced by Bord Telecom Eireann.
(iv) In respect of calls described at paragraph 4 above:
( a ) Standard Rate applies to calls from between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive).
( b ) Reduced Rate applies to calls made between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive) and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays and other days announced by Bord Telecom Eireann.
(v) In respect of calls described at paragraph 5 above:
( a ) Standard Rate applies to calls from between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive).
( b ) Reduced Rate applies to calls made between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive) and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays and other days announced by Bord Telecom Eireann.
(vi) In respect of calls described at paragraph 7 above:
( a ) Standard Rate applies to calls from between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive).
( b ) Reduced Rate applies to calls made between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive) and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays and other days announced by Bord Telecom Eireann.
(vii) In respect of calls described at paragraph 12 above:
( a ) Standard Rate applies to calls from between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., Monday to Friday (inclusive).
( b ) Standard Rate applies to calls made between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m, Monday to Friday (inclusive) an all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays and other days announced by Bord Telecom Eireann.
(viii) Band 1 comprises Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Ceuta and Melilla, Denmark (including Faroe Islands), Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal (including Azores and Madeira), San Marino, Spain (including Balearic and Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland and Vatican City.
(ix) Band 2 comprises Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina. Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech and Slovak Fed. Rep., Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Hungary (Rep. of), Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Poland (Rep. of), Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Tunisia. Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine. Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia (Fed. Rep. of).
(x) Band 3 comprises Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Domican Republic, Genada, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Puerto Rico. St. Kitts (Nevis), St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, Tortola (British Virgin Islands), Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S.A., Virgin Islands (U.S.).
(xi) Band 4 comprises Australia (including Tasmania), Hong Kong, Japan (including Ryukyu Islands). New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and South Africa.
(xii) Band 5 comprises all other States.
(xiii) Where calls are made from Eircell Analogue equipment outside the State, the appropriate Eircell call charges shall be computed and payable as if the Eircell Analogue equipment were within the State.
(xiv) The operation, by subscribers to other GSM networks availing of the Eircell GSM Service, of a call-forwarding facility to forward an incoming call to a telephone outside the State, shall cause the appropriate call charge to apply as if the forwarding of the call was a separate call from Eircell GSM equipment in the State to the telephone outside the State.
B. SUBSCRIPTION
ANALOGUE SERVICES
(Eircell Business)
ANALOGUE SERVICE
(Eircell Personal)
GSM SERVICE
£20 per item of Eircell Analogue equipment to which Eircell Analogue Service is provided per month.
£20.66 per item of Eircell Analogue Equipment to which Eircell Analogue Service is provided per month.
£20 per Eircell SIM card per month.
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