ANNEX C		

SCHEDULE 365

Operator Ported NGCS Service Calls or Operator Ported 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 except as shown below:

“Operator Ported 03 UK-wide Number Call”	a Call, prefixed by a Ported NGCS Service Transit Prefix Code, handed over from the BT System to the Operator System being a Call to the 03 UK-wide Number of an Operator Customer;
	
“Operator Ported NGCS Service Call”	a Call, prefixed by a Ported NGCS Service Transit Prefix Code, handed over from the BT System to the Operator System being a Call to an Operator NGCS Service Provider;
	
“Originating Third Party Operator”	a Third Party Operator from whose system an Operator Ported NGCS Service Call or Operator Ported 03 UK-wide Number Call has been conveyed by BT;
	
“Ported NGCS Service Transit Prefix Code”	the network address code in the format 505xxx allocated to the Operator by OFCOM which identifies the Operator System.	

2.	Description of Service

2.1	Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Operator shall convey Calls received by BT from an Originating Third Party Operator and handed over from the BT System to the Operator System, as follows: 

2.1.1	Operator Ported NGCS Service Calls 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;

2.1.2	Operator Ported 03 UK-wide Number Calls to the appropriate 03 UK-wide Number of an Operator Customer.

2.2	Operator Telephony Calls, Operator Transit Calls, Operator BT to BT Transit Calls, Operator NGCS Service Calls, Operator 03 UK-wide Number Calls and Operator International Incoming Calls are not conveyed pursuant to this Schedule.

2.3	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.

2.4	The Operator shall convey Operator Ported NGCS Service Calls and Operator Ported 03 UK-wide Number Calls during those periods of time and at the same standard and quality of service as the Operator conveys similar Calls.

2.5	Each Party shall correct faults which occur in its System which affect the conveyance of Operator Ported NGCS Service Calls or Operator Ported 03 UK-wide Number Calls 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.

2.6	If there are abnormally high volumes of Operator Ported NGCS Service Calls or Operator Ported 03 UK-wide Number Calls that the Operator System cannot convey, the Operator may apply network management controls in the Operator System or BT may apply network management controls in the BT System.

3.	Planning and Operations

3.1	The conveyance of Operator Ported NGCS Service Calls shall be in accordance with the routing principles specified in Annex A. Operator Ported 03 UK-wide Number Calls shall be routed as if they were Operator Ported NGCS Service Calls.

4.	Charging

4.1	The Operator shall make no charge to BT for the conveyance of Operator Ported NGCS Service Calls or Operator Ported 03 UK-wide Number Calls by the Operator pursuant to this Schedule.

 4.2	For the avoidance of doubt, the Operator as recipient of the Operator Ported NGCS Service Calls or Operator Ported 03 UK-wide Number Calls shall be responsible for settlement with the Originating Third Party Operator for the origination/termination elements of such Operator Ported NGCS Service Calls or Operator Ported 03 UK-wide Number Calls.

5.	Commencement

5.1	The Operator shall convey Operator Ported NGCS Service Calls or Operator Ported 03 UK-wide Number Calls commencing on a date to be agreed in writing by the Parties.