FIRST SCHEDULE (Rules 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13) (COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA (RATES) RULES 2002

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Malaysia Legislation

P.U.(A) 79/2002
COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA (RATES) RULES 2002

FIRST SCHEDULE (Rules 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13)

CALL CHARGES

1. The charge for a call from a fixed access device to a fixed access device shall be as follows:

(a)

Effective local call

The rate chargeable to a subscriber for an effective local call is 8 sen for the first 2 minutes or part thereof and 4 sen for each additional minute or part thereof thereafter.

The unit of basic charge is 4 sen.

(b)

Effective national call

Where a call is made by means of the national direct dialling capability, the rate chargeable to a subscriber shall be as prescribed in Table 1.

The rate specified in Table 1 shall be applied as follows:

The charge for a call shall be the sum of the number of units of basic charge of the value specified at the head of Table 1, having regard to the duration of the call. One unit of basic charge shall be charged for each period of time specified in the appropriate column of the Table corresponding to the appropriate category of call and any odd fraction of such period shall be treated as one such period.

TABLE 1

Unit of basic charge: 10 sen

Radial distance between:

(i) area charge points and district charge points in Malaysia;

(ii) area charge points or district charge points and individual switching centres in Malaysia which are not included in the area or district;

(iii) individual switching centres in Malaysia which are not included in an area or district.

	Time for each unit of basic charge
	Full Rate	Reduced Rate
Not exceeding 50 kilometres	50 seconds	60 seconds
Exceeds 50 kilometres but does not exceed 150 kilometres	20 seconds	40 seconds
Exceeds 150 kilometres	7 seconds	14 seconds

(c)

Effective national call through operator assistance

The rate chargeable to a subscriber for an effective national call made through operator assistance, whether or not the national direct dialling capability is available on the fixed access device from which the call is made shall be as prescribed in Table 2 and any odd fraction of such period shall be treated as one such period.

TABLE 2

Radial distance between:

(i) area charge points and district charge points in Malaysia;

(ii) area charge points or district charge points and individual switching centres in Malaysia not included in the area or district;

(iii) individual switching centres in Malaysia not included in an area or district.

	For each 3 minutes or part thereof
Not exceeding 50 kilometres	RM0.35
Exceeds 50 kilometres but does not exceed 150 kilometres	RM0.90
Exceeds 150 kilometres	RM2.70

2. The charges for calls from a public payphone facility to a fixed access device shall be as follows:

(a)

Effective local call

The rate chargeable to a caller for an effective local call is 10 sen for every 2 minutes or part thereof.

(b)

Effective national call

Where the call is obtained by means of the national direct dialling capability, the charge to a caller shall be as prescribed in Table 3.

The rate specified in Table 3 shall be applied as follows:

The charge for a call shall be the sum of the number of units of basic charge of the value as specified in Table 3, having regard to the duration of the call. One unit of basic charge shall be charged for each period of time specified in the appropriate column of the Table corresponding to the appropriate category of call and any odd fraction of such period shall be treated as one such period.

TABLE 3

Unit of basic charge: 10 sen

Radial distance between:

(i) area charge points and district charge points in Malaysia;

(ii) area charge points or district charge points and individual switching centres in Malaysia not included in the area or district;

(iii) individual switching centres in Malaysia not included in an area or district.

	Time for each unit of basic charge
	Full Rate	Reduced Rate
Not exceeding 50 kilometres	50 seconds	60 seconds
Exceeds 50 kilometres but does not exceed 150 kilometres	20 seconds	40 seconds
Exceeds 150 kilometres	7 seconds	14 seconds

(c)

Effective national call through operator assistance

The charge for effective national call through operator assistance, whether or not the national direct dialling capability is available on the public payphone facility from which the call is made, shall be as prescribed in Table 4 and any odd fraction of such period shall be treated as one such period.

TABLE 4

Radial distance between:

(i) area charge points and district charge points in Malaysia;

(ii) area charge points or district charge points and individual switching centres in Malaysia not included in the area or district;

(iii) individual switching centres in Malaysia not included in an area or district.

	For each 3 minutes or part thereof
Not exceeding 50 kilometres	RM0.40
Exceeds 50 kilometres but does not exceed 150 kilometres	RM0.90
Exceeds 150 kilometres	RM2.70

3. Service charge for operator assistance from a fixed access device or a public payphone facility

Operator assistance service charges are as follows:

(a) Each effective national call	RM1.50
(b) Each effective international call	RM5.00
(c) Directory assistance service	RM0.30 sen for each enquiry

4. Connection

Connection fee

RM75.00

5. Reconnection

Reconnection fee

RM10.00