SingTel's Request for Exemption from Dominant Licensee Obligations with Respect to the Provision of International Capacity Services

Issued Date: 25/11/2004

Decision Date: 12/04/2005

12 April 2005

IDA's Decision - Released on 12 April 2005

IDA has made its decision with regards to SingTel's exemption request for the provision of International Capacity Services.

IDA's Decision
Explanatory Memorandum - IDA's Decision on SingTel's Exemption Request on International Capacity Services (858.92KB)
IDA's Decision to SingTel (352.93KB)
Direction to SingTel (106.41KB)

 

Responses received at closing date - 6 January 2005
1) Coudert Brothers LLP (on behalf of Asia Pacific Carriers' Coalition) (27.53KB) Consultation on the Preliminary Decision Regarding the Request of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd for Exemption from Dominant Licensee Obligations With Respect To the “International Capacity Services” Market (220.52KB)
2) MCI WorldCom Asia Pte Ltd (497.25KB)
3) Reach Ltd (280.07KB)
4) Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (503.52KB)
5) StarHub Group (220.64KB)

 

14 December 2004

Notice: IDA has received requests from the industry to extend the deadline for the submission of comments to the "IDA's Preliminary Decision on SingTel's Request for Exemption From Dominant Licensee Obligations With Respect To The International Capacity Services Market" consultation paper. IDA will grant an extension of 2 weeks from the original deadline. All responses must be submitted to IDA by 12 pm, 6 January 2005.

25 November 2004

IDA Consultation Paper - Released on 25 November 2004

IDA's Preliminary Decision on SingTel's Request For Exemption From Dominant Licensee Obligations With Respect To The International Capacity Services Market (270.15KB)

All views and comments should be submitted in writing and in both hard and soft copy (in Microsoft Word format), and should reach the IDA before 12 noon on 23 December 2004. Respondents are required to include their personal/company particulars as well as the correspondence address in their submissions and views should be addressed to:

Ms Aileen Chia
Director (Competition and Market Access)
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
8 Temasek Boulevard
#14-00 Suntec Tower Three
Singapore 038988
Fax: (65) 6211 2116

AND

Please submit your soft copies to: e-mail: Tan_Poh_Ling@imda.gov.sg

13 July, 2004

Notice: IDA thanks the commenters for the substantive and constructive feedback received by IDA from the public consultation on SingTel's request for exemption. Pursuant to Section 2.6.2 of the Code, IDA will generally seek to issue an order granting or denying a request for exemption within 90 days of receiving the request. However, given that SingTel's request involves a suite of 10 different telecommunication services (collectively defined by SingTel as International Capacity Services or ICS), and the extra time required by the industry players to collate and provide the market data requested by IDA for these services, IDA has decided to extend the period of the review to allow more time for data collection and analysis, and for a thorough and comprehensive review.  IDA is currently concluding the second phase of the review, which involves interviews with the users of ICS as well as the ICS industry players.  IDA aims to issue a preliminary decision on the request as soon as possible.  IDA will seek further public comment on the preliminary decision before making a final decision.

Responses received at closing date
1) AT&T Worldwide Telecommunications Services Singapore Pte Ltd (307.88KB)
2) British Telecommunications plc (176.54KB)
3) Cable & Wireless plc (341.03KB)
4) Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications Pte Ltd (138.05KB)
5) MCI WorldCom Asia Pte Ltd (152.95KB)
6) MobileOne Ltd (107.99KB)
7) Reach Ltd (450.02KB)
8) StarHub Pte Ltd (194.34KB)

 

IDA's Consultation Paper - Released on 4 March 2004

IDA Consultation Paper
Consultation Paper - SingTel's Request for Exemption for ICS Market (120.59KB)
Annex A - SingTel Exemption Paper ICS (Final) (546.75KB)

All views and comments should be submitted in writing and in both hard and soft copy (preferably in Microsoft Word format), and should reach the IDA on or before 12 noon on 15 April 2004. Respondents are required to include their personal/company particulars as well as the correspondence address in their submissions to the Exemption Request and views should be addressed to:

Ms Aileen Chia
Director (Competition and Market Access)
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
8 Temasek Boulevard
#14-00 Suntec Tower Three
Singapore 038988
Fax: (65) 6211 2116

AND

Please submit your soft copies to: e-mail: Tan_Poh_Ling@imda.gov.sg