FinlandInformation Society Code (Laki sähköisen viestinnän palveluista), Sections 86 and 87, Universal Service Duties of a Designated Telecommunications Company
Tietoyhteiskuntakaari (917/2014), 86 ja 87 §
In force since .
A common carriage rule binding private bodies.
What it requires
- If you are a telecommunications company designated as a universal service undertaking for public telephone services, provide a connection to the public communications network to a user or microenterprise at a permanent residence or location, wherever it is, at a price reasonable for the average user (section 86).
- Deliver that connection within a reasonable time of the order, and make it available without mandatory additional services or functions (section 86).
- If you are designated as a universal service undertaking for internet access service, provide a connection to the public communications network on the same terms, and let all users and microenterprises have an adequate internet connection, taking into account the connection speed used by the majority of users, technical feasibility and cost (section 87).
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Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom (Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto), whose task is to supervise compliance with the Act unless the Act provides otherwise (section 303).
Settledness
- As of
- Open questions
- What price is 'reasonable for the average user' under sections 86 and 87, which the Act leaves to the Agency's supervision of universal service prices?
What this law does
Section 85 of the Information Society Code requires the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency to designate one or more telecommunications companies as universal service undertakings where that is necessary to guarantee universal service in a geographic area.
Section 86 obliges a telecommunications company designated for public telephone services to provide a connection to the public communications network, wherever the place is, at a price reasonable for the average user, to a user and a microenterprise at a permanent residence or location. Section 86 requires that connection to be delivered within a reasonable time of the order. Section 86 requires that connection to be available without mandatory additional services or functions.
Section 87 obliges a telecommunications company designated for internet access service to provide a connection to the public communications network, wherever the place is, at a price reasonable for the average user. Section 87 requires that connection to allow all users and microenterprises an adequate internet connection, taking into account the connection speed used by the majority of users, technical feasibility and cost.
Section 330 allows the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency to issue a remark to a party that breaches the Act and to oblige that party to correct the failure within a reasonable time.
When LexLint raises it
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