Article 83
Prior service and network licences
1.
Subject to Article 81, all prior licences to supply a telecommunications service or operate
a telecommunications network shall expire on the date appearing on the licence or on the
first anniversary of the date of entry into force of the present Decree-Law.
2.
Any person holding such prior licence seeking to supply telecommunications services or
operate telecommunications networks after its expiration pursuant to the preceding
paragraph must register with the Authority pursuant to article 30 of the present DecreeLaw.
Article 84
Designation of Timor Telecom as a service provider having significant market power
1.
Without prejudice to the Authority’s power pursuant to article 36 to review relevant
telecommunications markets and designate service providers having significant market
power, Timor Telecom is hereby designated as having significant market power in the
relevant telecommunications markets identified in Annex 2 to the present Decree-Law,
except in the following markets:
a)
Retail mobile telephone services;
b)
Wholesale supply of international data transmission capacity; and
b)
Broadcasting transmission services to deliver broadcast content to consumers,
until the second anniversary of the date on which any new service provider licensed
pursuant to paragraph 3 of article 81 commences commercial services in Timor-Leste.
2.
Without prejudice to article 36, the designation of Timor Telecom as having significant
market power under the preceding paragraph, as well as any regulatory measures
imposed on Timor Telecom pursuant to such designation shall automatically terminate on
the second anniversary of the date on which any new service provider licensed pursuant
to paragraph 3 of article 81 commences commercial services in Timor-Leste.
Article 85
Treatment of Public Domain and Concession Assets
1.
All assets whose possession, pursuant to Decree-Law No. 11/2003 of 29 July, was
granted to Timor Telecom pursuant to and for the purpose of the Concession Contract,
which constitute the public domain, are hereby classified as private domain of the State,
which it may freely dispose.
2.
Ownership title in the assets identified in the preceding article shall be transferred to
Timor Telecom in accordance with the agreement governing the early termination of the
Concession Contract entered into between the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and
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