ANNEX C

SCHEDULE 367

Operator Imported NGCS Service Calls and 
Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Calls

1.	Definitions

1.1	In this Schedule, a reference to a paragraph or Appendix unless stated otherwise is to a paragraph or Appendix of this Schedule. Words and expressions have the meaning given in Annex D and/or Schedule 07, except as shown below:

“Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Call”	a ported 03 UK-wide Number Call handed over by the BT System as the Range Holder System to the Operator System as the Recipient System;
	
“Operator Imported NGCS Service Call”	a ported NGCS Service Call handed over by the BT System as the Range Holder System to the Operator System as the Recipient System. 
	
2.	Description of Service

2.1	Subject to the provisions of Schedule 07 and of this Schedule, the Operator shall convey: 

2.1.1	Operator Imported NGCS Service Calls handed over from the BT System to the appropriate terminal apparatus nominated by the Operator NGCS Service Provider or by the Operator if the terminal apparatus is connected to the Operator System, or to the BT System or a Third Party Operator’s system if the terminal apparatus is connected to that System or system; or

2.1.2	Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Calls handed over from the BT System to the Operator Customer.

2.2	The Operator shall have no obligation to convey Operator Imported NGCS Service Calls or Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Calls handed over from the BT System intended for an Operator Service Provider, if the Operator has suspended service to that Operator Service Provider.

2.3	Operator Imported NGCS Service Calls and Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Calls pursuant to this Schedule shall be separately identified in the Traffic Forecast supplied in accordance with Annex A.

2.4	The Parties shall agree in advance all necessary technical requirements, including Call set-up and clear down sequences, for the conveyance of Calls pursuant to this Schedule. The Parties shall convey such Calls in accordance with the agreed technical requirements, and shall not make any changes thereto unless otherwise agreed by the Parties.

2.5	The Operator shall convey Operator Imported NGCS Service Calls and Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Calls pursuant to this Schedule during those periods of time and at the same standard and quality of service as the Operator conveys similar Calls.

2.6	Each Party shall correct faults which occur in its System which affect the conveyance of Operator Imported NGCS Service Calls and/or Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Calls pursuant to this Schedule in accordance with such Party’s normal engineering practices.  For the avoidance of doubt, neither Party warrants that its System is, or will be, free from faults.

2.7	If there are abnormally high volumes of Operator Imported NGCS Service Calls or Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Calls that the Operator System cannot convey pursuant to this Schedule, BT may apply network management controls in the BT System or the Operator may apply network management controls in the Operator System.

2.8	International Calls (other than (i) Operator Imported NGCS Service Calls to Numbers commencing with the digits 084 or 087 or (ii) Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Calls) are not conveyed pursuant to this Schedule.

3.	Routing

3.1	The conveyance of Operator Imported NGCS Service Calls and Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Calls shall be in accordance with the routing principles specified for NGCS Calls in Annex A and Schedule 07.

4.	Charging

4.1	Without prejudice to any charges payable under Schedule 07, in connection with the conveyance by the Operator pursuant to this Schedule, the Operator shall pay to BT, or BT shall pay to the Operator, as the case may be:

		(a) for each Operator Imported NGCS Service Call a charge in accordance 	with the appropriate NGCS Service category for such a Call; and

		(b)  for each Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Call a charge

 	at the rate as specified from time to time in the Carrier Price List.

4.2	If an Operator Imported NGCS Service Call to an Operator Free Phone Service Provider originates from a Calling Party from a BT Public Pay Telephone (as defined in the Definitions section of the General Conditions) or an equivalent payphone on the BT System being a payphone operated by a payphone operator other than BT, the Operator shall pay to BT in respect of such a Call in addition to the charge at paragraph 4.1 Payphone Access Charge at the rate specified from time to time in the Carrier Price List.

4.3	If the Operator subsequently requires additional Data Management Amendments to add or remove a prefix in respect of Non-Geographic Number Portability beyond those established as part of the original service establishment work under the Non-Geographic Number Portability End-to-End Process Manual as such Manual may be agreed by the Operator Policy Forum Non-Geographic Number Portability Process Group from time to time, the Operator shall pay to BT charges in accordance with the rates as specified from time to time in the Carrier Price List.

5.	Commencement

5.1	The Operator shall convey Operator Imported NGCS Service Calls or Operator Imported 03 UK-wide Number Calls handed over from the BT System commencing on a date to be agreed in writing by the Parties.