The communications regulator, Anacom, said the consultation, launched on 11 October and due to last 30 working days, concerns draft regulation that sets out to amend the existing laws on Quality of Service, and follows on from the Electronic Communications Law that transposed the EU regulatory framework into national law in February 2004.
Under the Electronic Communications Law, Anacom has power to publish regulations with respect to publicly available electronic communication services. An earlier phase involved setting out quality parameters – Regulation no 46/2005 – for companies that provide access to the public telephone network and services at a fixed location.
The regulator said that the time was now right to define quality of service parameters with regard to internet access because of the growth in internet use and access services in the country.
