This statement sets out Ofcom’s methodology for calculating the Number Translation Services (“NTS”) Retail Uplift charge and Premium Rate Services (“PRS”) bad debt surcharge. It also establishes the basis for the charge control for the NTS Retail Uplift and a revised level for the PRS bad debt surcharge.
It also confirms Ofcom's decision to set SMP services condition AA4(f) to regulate charges for the NTS Retail Uplift and to modify SMP services condition AA11 to regulate the PRS bad debt surcharge, as set out at Annex 5.
This statement confirms Ofcom’s decision in relation to the NTS Retail Uplift charge control and the PRS bad debt surcharge. Ofcom has continued to use the same methodology to set the charges and the price cap but has updated its analysis to take into account the conclusions of its reviews of BT’s cost of capital and of the controls on BT’s charges for narrowband network services. The results of these reviews were published on 18 August 2005.