ANNEX C

SCHEDULE 410

Operator  087 NGCS 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 087 NGCS Call”	a Call made by a Calling Party dialling a telephone number commencing with digits 0870, 0871 2 through 0871 9, 0872 or 0873 followed by the remainder of an Operator Service Provider’s or an Operator PRS Service Provider’s number within the Number Ranges specified in Appendix 410.1 (which sets up the Call to the Operator Service Provider or the Operator PRS Service Provider).

2.	Description of Service

2.1	The Operator shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that a person applying to be an Operator Service Provider or Operator PRS Service Provider is adequately vetted prior to being accepted to minimise the risk of PRS Fraud and to ensure compliance with any requirements of PhonepayPlus.

2.2	The Operator shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that a person applying to be an Operator Service Provider or Operator PRS Service Provider will offer a PRS in good faith.

2.3	Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the Operator shall convey Operator 087 NGCS Calls handed over from the BT System to the appropriate terminal apparatus nominated by the Operator Service Provider or the Operator PRS Service Provider or by the Operator where the terminal apparatus is connected to the Operator System, or to the BT System or a Third Party Operator’s system where the terminal equipment is connected to that System or system.

2.4	Operator 087 NGCS Calls shall be included in the Traffic Forecast in accordance with Annex A.

2.5	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.

2.6	The Operator shall convey Operator 087 NGCS Calls handed over from the BT System during those periods of time and at the same standard and quality of service as the Operator conveys similar Calls.

2.7	Each Party shall correct faults which occur in its System which affect the conveyance of Operator 087 NGCS 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.

2.8	Where there are abnormally high volumes of Operator 087 NGCS Calls that the Operator System cannot convey, BT may apply network management controls in the BT System or the Operator may apply network management controls in the Operator System.

2.9	International Calls are not conveyed under to this Schedule.

2.10 	For the avoidance of doubt, Calls commencing with the codes 0871 0 or 0871 1 are not conveyed under this Schedule.

2.11	The BT System shall generate and convey full CLI as requested by the Operator System.

2.12	The Parties shall take reasonable endeavours to agree adequate safeguards to detect, identify, notify and prevent AIT in accordance with paragraph 14A of the main body of the Agreement and Annex E.

3.	Routing

3.1	The conveyance of Operator 087 NGCS Calls shall be in accordance with the routing principles specified in Annex A. For the avoidance of doubt, Operator 087 NGCS Calls that are unmetered to the Calling Party shall be routed in accordance with the BT routing rules then current.

3.2	Operator 087 NGCS Calls handed over to the Operator shall be handed over at an Operator Switch Connection which is as near as reasonably practicable to the geographical location from which the Call was initially made or as otherwise may be agreed in writing by the Parties.

4.	Charging

4.1	For the conveyance of each Operator 087 NGCS Call by the Operator, BT shall pay the Operator a charge calculated in accordance with the rate for such a Call specified from time to time in the Carrier Price List.

5.	Commencement

5.1	The Operator shall convey Operator 087 NGCS Calls handed over from the BT System commencing on a date to be agreed in writing by the Parties.

APPENDIX 410.1

The Number Ranges to which this Schedule applies are set out below:

Number Range