Through Resolution N. 456-19 CONATEL-2000 of 5th October,2000, as published in Official Gazette No. 201 of 10th November 2000, the National Telecommunications Council -CONATEL, decided to set forth maximum rates for services regarding:  local, regional and international fixed telephony; local, regional, national public telephone services; cellular phones, according to the following details:

CIRCUITS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION

A link-up connection charge shall be added at either end.

2. RELOCATION

A link-up connection charge shall be added at either end.

MONTHLY RATES IN DOLLARS

Note: Prices include a special budget (equivalent to lease and use of equipment at  terminals).

MONTHLY RATES FOR FRAME RELAY CIRCUITS

RATES FOR TEMPORARY CIRCUITS: 1.5 Times the daily equivalent of tariffs for data transmission circuits.

ADDITIONAL RATES

SERVICES OF OPERATOR: 1.3 Times the cost of automatic telephone service.

TRANSFERENCE: Transference, each time

RULES FOR THE GENERAL APPLICATION OF TELEPHONE TARIFFS as:

1. Payment of registration rights shall be effected at the time the services contract is signed pursuant to the terms and conditions therein set forth.
2. In the event a client does not pay the corresponding bills, the operator may prevent this user from making calls but cannot prevent the user from receiving calls. Three months of delinquent payment will entitle the carrier to end the contract for the provision of services.
3. If the service contract is terminated within the initial five years after it has been signed, the carrier shall return the user forty per cent (40%) of the registration fee in effect on the date of contract termination. If the contract was ended after the fifth year, the client user shall not be entitled to reimbursement.
4. In the event services are interrupted during a period exceeding ten (10) calendar days in one month due to reasons other than force majeure, the user is entitled to a compensation in the terms of a prorated credit that is based on the average billings for that user throughout the previous six (6) months, incorporated into the first billing immediately after the interruption took place.
5. Local calls shall be construed to be those that take place within one same city. In the case of Quito, the city will include the telephone central offices located at: Calderón, Carapungo, San Antonio de Pichincha, Pomasqui, Calacalí, Cumbayá, Tumbaco, Sangolquí, Conocoto and San Rafael; for Guayaquil, the central offices at: Durán, Primavera de Durán, Puntilla, Orquídeas (Pascuales), Lago de Capeira and Chongón.
6. Those geographical areas included in the concession granted to the following firms shall be defined as regions: ANDINATEL S.A., PACIFICTEL S.A. and ETAPA. A regional long-distance call is that taking place within one same region; national long-distance call is that which takes place between two regions; an international long-distance call will correspond to a call originating in Ecuador and ending in another country, or vice-versa.
7. Category “A”, i.e. popular rate, will correspond to residential users whenever their six-month consumption is less than 3000 minutes of local use (or the equivalent in other type of use identified).

1. Marginal: Users located in urban areas where the average level of poverty corresponds to 60% or more according to the publication entitled “La Geografía de la Pobreza en el Ecuador” (The Geography of Poverty in Ecuador) published by Secretaría Técnica del Frente Social  (the Technical Social Secretariat).
2. Rural:  Users connected to central or remote units having less than 1000 users and that are located in urban centers having less than 17000 inhabitants.
3. Oriental:  Users located in the Amazon Region.
4. Galapagos: Users located in the province of Galapagos.
5. Borderline: Users located in the borderline districts of Ecuador.

All users will be subject to reclassification every six months and will be reverted either to category "A” or “B”, in both directions, depending on their own level of six-month consumption.

7.   Telephone services shall be identified as category “B”, whenever the residential units housing one or more families have up to three lines per housing unit, public sector entities, Army offices, sectional administration (municipalities, provincial councils), colleges and public education schools and religious institutions. 

 8.   Telephone services that do not belong to neither of the above categories "A" and "B" shall be classified as category “C".

 8.   Billing shall be made pursuant to the legal provisions currently in effect.

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