Annual Report 1998
ART's 1998 Annual Report is divided into three volumes, i.e. 355 pages of presentation and 500 pages of annexes
VOLUME I : OPENING UP THE MARKET TO COMPETITION (89 pages)
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Competition for the benefit of consumers
Competition boosts growth and innovation
Asymmetric regulation
Competition, a global phenomenon
METHODS
Regulatory certainty
Transparency and players' involvement
Economic regulation
Legal provisions
RESULTS
Key indicators
Lower prices
Service diversification
Networks and services
WORK IN PROGRESS
Mobile communications
Local loop
Internet
PROPOSALS
Licences
Interconnection and numbering
Terminal equipment conformity assessment
Universal service
Price controls
Legal regime for cable networks
Adapting telematic service regulations to the competitive environment.
RESOURCES
Staffing
Computer systems
Legal expertise for decision-making
VOLUME II: DETAILED OVERVIEW (266 pages)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
THE MARKET IN 1998
Key indicators
Fixed telephone market
Mobile telephone market
Leased lines and data transmission
Internet and information services
Market parties
Operators
Retailers
Internet players
Services
Telephony
Special services
Pricing deals
Corporate customers
ART'S ACTIVITIES IN 1998
Opinions and Decisions issued by art in 1998
Licences
Public networks and public telephone service
Mobile communications
UMTS
Radio paging services
Wireless local loop
Private networks and radio facilities
Frequency and number assignments
Frequency management
Management of the national numbering plan
Interconnection
Interconnection agreements
Approval of France Télécom's standard interconnection offer
Interconnection
Terminal equipment standardisation and conformity assessment
Technical regulations
New directive on telecommunications terminal equipment and radio equipment.
Universal service
Universal service obligations: definition, cost and funding
Evaluations for 1997, 1998 and 1999
Changes
Price regulation
Price controls in 1998
Opinions on France Télécom's pricing proposals
Customised offers
Dispute settlement and penalties
Dispute settlement
Penalties
Regulation and consumers
Consumer information
Watchdog in place
Consultations
Chapter IX: Community and international activities
ART in the international arena
New directives
Comparison of regulators in OECD countries
International technical standardisation
ART'S METHOD AND RESOURCES
Art's method
Involving the industry
External communication
III - Reports and studies
Chapter II: Art's resources
Budget
Human resources
GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS, ACRONYMS, AND ABBREVIATIONS
VOLUME III: ANNEXES ( Main opinions and decisions issued by ART in 1998)
