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Pursuant to Article 17 paragraph 1, item h), and in relation to Article 47 of the Law on Electronic
Communications (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia no. 13/2005, 14/2007, 55/2007,
98/2008 and 83/2010), the Director of the Agency for Electronic Communications on 18.03.2011adopted the
RULEBOOKon the manner of keeping accounting separation for activities related to interconnection and/or access
and the manner of submission of accounting records
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 SubjectThis rulebook shall regulate the manner of keeping accounting separation for activities related to
interconnection and/or access by an operator with significant market power on the relevant markets
susceptible to pre-regulation (hereinafter: Operator) and the manner of submitting accounting records.
Article 2 PurposeThe purpose of imposing an obligation to keep accounting separation is to provide a higher level of
detailed information that arise from the legal financial statements of the designated operator, to show as
precise as possible the operations of the business units of the designated operator, equally as if they
work as separate business units, in cases of vertically integrated enterprise to prevent discrimination by
giving preference to its own activities and prevent subsidies.
Article 3
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subscribers of the same or other operators or to ensure access to services offered by another operator.
These services include transfer of calls, leased lines and data transfer. In addition, the activities on the
core network may provide other services to the operators such as engineering services related to thedevelopment and ongoing maintenance of private networks and development of the competition
(number portability services and services with selection and pre-selection of operators). The accounts
for the activities on the core network include costs, revenue and the invested capital related to
providing these services. The revenue on the core network will result mainly from the sale of
interconnection services for its own retail businesses and for the other operators.
b) Business activities on the access network (hereinafter: activities on the access network) is
providing connection to the core network and they include activities through which connection of end
users to the core network on a wholesale market is provided, both internally and with other operators.
The accounts for the activities of the access network include costs, revenue and the invested capital
related to providing and maintaining a connection with the core network. The activities on the access
network include all network elements intended for end users, such as line cards and ports located on
concentrators or telephone exchanges. All other network components shall be included in the business
activities of the core network. The revenue generated from services from unbundled access to local
loops and (wholesale lease of subscriber lines), offered to other participants on the market should be
allocated to the business activities of the access network. The revenue generated from monthly feesfrom the service network access for end users shall be recorded in the retail business activities. The
costs for providing subscriber lines shall initially be allocated to the business activities of the access
network, subsequently transferring them as costs of the retail business activities, in order to pair income
to their related costs. The costs transferred to the retail business activities should be expressed as net
costs from any revenue generated from the business activities of the access network, such as wholesale
lease of subscriber lines to other market participants.
c) Retail business activities (hereinafter retail activities) shall include all activities associated with
the sale of telephone ser ices to end sers incl ding installing of s bscriber lines monthl fees for
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For regulated services offered on a retail level, the obliged operators shall prepare separate accounts
for each regulated service individually.
d) Other business activities (hereinafter other activities) are all other activities not specified in items a,
b and c of this article of the rulebook. Other services include services provided by the operators, whichinclude rental, repair and maintenance of the equipment for end users. They can also provide services
from non-telecommunication activities (such as broadcasting TV content or activities unrelated to
provision of electronic communications networks and services). In order to fulfill the obligation for
accounting separation, the costs the revenue and the invested capital associated with the provision of
these activities shall be indicated in separate accounts .
Article 4
Clarification and definitionsIn this rulebook, in addition to the definitions from the Law on Electronic Communications, definitions
and clarifications are being used with the following meaning:
a) Activities for interconnection are all activities related to interconnection for starting and ending
calls in within the network and transit of calls across the network of the operator. The costs for
interconnection to the electronic communication networks of other operators for ending calls started in
the Operators network shall be written on the accounts for the interconnection activities. The accounts
for these interconnection activities shall include costs, revenue and the invested capital related to theinterconnection activities.
b) Activities for leased lines are all activities related to the provision of leased lines connected to the
core network (including the terminated segments of leased lines on the level of the core network). The
accounts for the activities for the leased lines should include the costs revenue and the invested capital
related to the activities for the leased lines.
c)Transfer of costs the System for transfer of costs is applicable to the services and the products
provided by one business unit (such as access network, core network and retail) and are intended for
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f) Indirectly allocable costsare costs incurred by provision of two or more products/services and they
are mutual. Fair methodology of allocation shall be applied at the allocation of these costs to the
products and services based on a measurable non-arbitrary basis, considering the relation of these costs
to directly allocable costsg)Non-allocable costs (Corporate general costs) are costs that do not arise from the provision of a
specific product or service of the operator but are related to the provision of a specific product or
service, i.e. current operations. These costs are allocated on an arbitrary basis.
h)Wholesale services are public communication services provided by the operator both to its own
retail unit and other operators of public communications networks and/or providers of public
communications services.
i) Retail services are public communication services provided by the operator through its own retail
unit for its end users.
j) LRIC (Long Run Incremental Costs) is a methodology for calculating costs.
k)Increment is a specified additional volume/type of products or services provided by the operator
l) Incremental cost is the cost caused by the additional provision of a defined increment for
products/services or the saved cost when the defined increment of products/services is no longer
provided. The incremental cost is calculated by adding or subtracting the increment of services and by
identifying the effect over the categories of costs, using costs /volume ratio.
II OBLIGATIONS OF THE OPERATOR
Article 5Accounting principlesThe operator shall conduct the accounting separation and prepare the reports on the accounting
separation according to the following accounting principles
a) Priority - preserving the hierarchical structure of the order of documents in the preparation of
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material changes of the accounting principles have occurred, the methods of allocation or the
accounting policies that have a material effect over the information expressed in the financial
statements of the business activities, parts of the financial statements from previous years wherever
there are changes, shall be reformulated again.
d) Transparencythe used methods of allocation of revenues, costs and the invested capital shall be
transparent.
Article 6
Principles for allocation of expensesThe accounting separation shall be based on the principle of causes - the costs and the revenue shall be
allocated to those services or products that are the cause those costs or revenues emerged. This shallenable for:
Review of each separate cost, invested capital and revenue, Determining the driver that causes the occurrence of each separate cost, invested capital andrevenue,
Use of the driver for allocation of each separate cost, invested capital and revenue to individualbusiness activities.
Article 7
Illegal subsidiesThe operator shall not use the revenue derived from providing products and services to a relevant
market on which it was specified as a operator with a significant market power to cover costs incurred
in providing products and services at prices lower than the costs of another potentially competitive
market.
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- Statement of the temporary accounting policies in the preparation of the mentioned
statements
- Accounting separation reports shall be prepared and submitted according to the International
Accounting standards for the activities on the core network, access network, retail and other activities.3) The revenues, costs and the invested capital that are relevant for the services of the activities on
the core network, access network, retail and other activities shall be represented in the accounting
separation statements given in Appendix 1, which is an integral part of this rulebook. In addition, all
reports shall clearly present any transfer of costs. If the amount of the corporate general costs exceeds
10% of the total costs, the Agency may ask the operator to additionally submit a detailed structure of
the corporate general costs.
4) The operator shall explain the amount of the return of the invested assets applied in the
calculation of the capital costs and the manner of its calculation in the accounting separation reports.
(5) The accounting separation reports shall also contain:
a) Explanation of the accounting policies used for the preparation of the accounting separation
reports on the activities on the core network, access network, retail and other activities.
b) Statement of reconciliation of costs and revenues expressed in the accounting separation
reports with the audited annual account by an independent auditor.
c) A matrix summarizing the total transfer of costs.
d) Information on the methodology for allocation of costs used by the operator for the purposes
of accounting separation. This information shall be detailed enough to clearly show the relations, for
example, between the interconnection costs and interconnection prices.
e) Report on the average costs of network elements.
f) Report on the manner of allocation of the corporate general costs on the business activities on the
core network, access network, retail and other activities
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7) The period for which the accounting separation is kept and the accounting separation reports aresubmitted shall apply on an annual basis, i.e. from 01.01.20xx to 31.12.20xx.
8) The operator who has an obligation to keep accounting separation as of May 31st shall beobliged to start to keep accounting separation for the current year, and the operator that has theobligation to keep accounting separation after May 31st shall be obliged to start to keep accounting
separation from the next calendar year.
9) The accounting separation reports shall be audited by an independent auditor, selected by apreviously formed committee of representatives of the Agency and the operator. The operatorshall pay
the expenses for the work of the independent auditor.
10) The agency may publish the information obtained from the operator that are not confidential,according to the provisions of the Law on Electronic Communications, the drafted regulations based on
it and another law in order to contribute to an open and competitive market.
III ALLOCATION OF REVENUES
Article 9
Allocation of revenuesThe operator shall allocate revenues from the provision of products and services from the business
activities of products and services to which they relate, based on accounting records and data from thebilling system. In cases where direct allocation based on accounting records or data from the billing
system is impossible, the revenues shall be allocated on the basis of causation.
Article 10
Revenues from initial connectionThe operator shall allocate revenues from the initial connection on the public fixed/mobile network
(except for the interconnection revenues) to the retail business activities.
Article 11
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Article 12
Revenues from leased linesThe operator shall allocate revenues from leased lines to the retail business activities.
Article 13Revenues from unbundled access to a local loop and wholesale lease of Subscriber lines
The operator shall allocate revenues from unbundled access to a local loop and wholesale lease of
subscriber lines to the business activities of the access network.
Article 14
Interconnection revenuesThe operator shall allocate interconnection revenues, including one-time fees to establish an
interconnection point and the revenues from the aspect of volume of services for interconnection to the
business activities of the core network.
Article 15
Revenues from callsThe operator shall allocate revenues from calls respectively to the relevant services within the retail
business activities.
Article 16
Revenues from other activities
(1)The operator shall allocate revenues from other activities to the relevant services allocated within"other activities.
(2)Operators may generate revenue from other services in accordance with the principle of basis for
causation and they shall be allocated to the activities they belong to. The revenues from lease/selling of
equipment (for using electronic communications services and other) shall be allocated to other
activities.
(3)The revenues from investing in fixed assets shall be allocated to the fixed assets the investment is
intended for. Other revenues from investing in activities that do not belong to the core network, access
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If the operator is a provider of a universal fee, the assets received from the fund of the universal service
shall be allocated to retail activities. In addition, there shall be an explanation on the bills which will be
indicative that there is no discrimination between the fees imposed to other operators and the ones that
are imposed (implicitly) internally.
IV ALLOCATION OF COSTS
Article 18
Allocation of costsThe operator shall allocate costs for the provision of products and services from the business units to
products and services to which they relate, based on accounting records and data from the billing
system. In cases where direct allocation based on accounting records or data from the billing system is
impossible, the costs shall be allocated on the basis of causation, as well as the description in the
allocation tables of Article 20 of this rulebook that define the relations between the costs of the network
elements and the costs of the services.
Article 19
Determining agents and measuring volume
The operator shall determine the degree to which the increments, the services and the network elements
generate a specific category of operating costs by using agents. In this way, categories of costs shall be
allocated to increments, services and network elements, depending on the volume of their agent.Article 20
Tables for allocation of costs
The operator shall allocate costs according to the tables of allocation of costs given in Appendix 1 that
are an integral part of this rulebook and that identify the relations between costs of the network
elements and the costs of services.
Article 21
Cost-volume ratio
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Mechanis, specifically stand out from the rest of the costs in the accounting reports.
Article 23
Methodology for allocation of costs
The operator shall prepare the costs expressed in the accounting separation reports from this rulebookfor the application of the LRIC methodology. The agency shall adopt and publically announce the
description of the accounting system for costs according to the LRIC methodology for operators with
significant market power on the relevant markets for public fixed telephone networks and services and
for operators with significant market powers on the relevant markets for public mobile telephone
networks and services.
V TYPES AND VOLUME OF SERVICES Article 24
Types of services in wholesaleThe operator shall keep accounting separation for the following services in wholesale:
a) Interconnection services
b) Services for transiting traffic
c) Services for selection and pre-selection of operators
d) unbundled access to local loops
e) Wholesale lease of subscriber lines
f) Other services Article 25
Types of services in retailThe operator shall keep accounting separation for the following services in retail:
a) Local calls
b) National calls
c) International calls
d) Services for access to customer information services/Directory Enquiry
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i) SMS, MMS (mobile telephony)
j) Other services.
Article 26
Volume of servicesThe operator in the accounting separation reports shall include data on the realized volume of services
provided through its activities performed by its business units.
V TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 27
Transitional provisions
The accounting separation reports referred to in Article 8 paragraphs (1),(2),(3),(4) and (5) from thisRulebook shall be prepared by operators with significant market power in accordance with the
provisions of this Rulebook as of 01.01.2011.
Article 28
Cessation of validity
The Rulebook on the manner of keeping accounting separation for activities related to interconnection
and/or access (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia no. 112/08) shall cease to be valid on the
day of entry into force of this rulebook.
Article 29
Entry into forceThis Rulebook shall enter into force on the day following the day it is published in the "Official Gazette
of the Republic of Macedonia".
After entering into force, this Rulebook shall be published on the webpage of the Agency for Electronic
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A P P E N D I X 1
I - Accounting separation reports
IIMethod of allocation of operating costs
IIITables for allocation of costs and invested capital
IV - Report on transfer of costs
V- Summary of all activities
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I - Accounting separation reports
1. For business activities of the core network
1.1 Statement for profit and loss on the core network
Current Previous
year yearTurnover
- Diverted from retai (by type of services)l x x- From other operators of publicfixed communication x x
networks
- operators of mobile
communication networks x x
- International operators
Total turnover ____________________________ x _____ __________ x ________ 1
Operating costs (by types of services)
- Direct costs x x- Indirect costs x xCorporate costs x xTotal operating costs _______________________ x _____ __________ _x _______ 2
Return __________________________ x ______ _________x ________ 3=1-2
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1.2 Statement of Balance sheet for the business activities on the core network
Current Previousyear year
Fixed assets
- Tangible fixed assets x x- Intangible intangible assets x x- Investments x xTotal fixed assets _________________________ x _____ _______ x _______ 1
Current assets
- Stocks x x- Debtors x x- Investments x x- Cash (at bank and in hand) x xTotal current assets ________________________ x _____ _______ x _______ 2
Creditors _____ x _____ _______ x _______ 3
Provisions for liabilities and changes _____ x _____ _______x _______ 4
Mean capital employed x ________________ x 5=1+2-3-4
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2. For business activities on the access network
2.1 Statement of profit and loss on the access network
Current Previousyear year
Turnover by types of services
- Diverted from retail x x- From otheroperators x xTotal turnover ____________________________ x _____ _________ x _______ 1
Operating costs by types of services
- Direct costs x x- Indirect costs x xCorporate costs x x
Total operating costs _______________________ x _____ _________x _______ 2
Return __________________________ x _____ _________x ________3=1-2
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2.1
2.2 Balance sheet statement for the business activities on the access network
Current Previous
year year
Fixed assets
- Tangible fixed x x
assets
- Intangible fixed x x
assets- Investments x x
Total fixed assets x x 1
Current assets
- Stocks x x
- Debtors x x
- Investments x x
- Cash (in bank an in hand) x x
Total current assets x x 2Creditors x x 3
Provision for liabilities and charges x x _ 4
Mean capital employed x x 5=1+2-3-4
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3. For retail business activities
3.1 Statement of profit and loss of retail
Current Previous
year year
Revenue by types of services
- From the initial connection x x- From usage and normal x X maintenance ofconnections
- calls x x- From leased equipment and x X sale of equipment- Other revenues x xTotal turnover __________________________________ x _______ ________ x ________ 1
Operating costs by types of services
-Operating costs specific for x x
retail
- Direct costs x x- Indirect costs x x-Corporate costs x X
-Diverted costs from core network x x
(by types of services)
-Diverted costs from access x x
network (by types of services)
Total operating costs _____________________________ x _______ ________ x ________ 2
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3.2 Statement on Balance sheet of the retail business activities
Current Previous
year yearFixed assets
- Tangible fixed assets x x- Intangible Fixed assets x x- Investments x_______________X- Total fixed assets _____________________ x ______ ________x 1Current assets- Stocks x x- Debtors x x- Investments x x- Cash (in bank or in hand) x______________ X- Total current assets ___________________ x ______ ________ x2Creditors ______ x _______ _______ x ______ 3Provisions for liabilities and charges ______ x _______ ________x______ 4
Mean capital employed ____ x ____ ____ x 5=1+2-3-4
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4. For other business activities
4.1 Statement on profit and loss of other business activities
Current Previous
year year
Turnover by types of services
x x
Total revenues _____________________________________ x _____ ______ x ______ 1
Operating costs by types of services
- Direct costs x x- Indirect costs x x- Corporate costs x xTotal operating costs _________________________________ x _____ ______ x ______ 2
Return ____________________________________________ x _____ ______ x ______ 3=1-2
4.2 Statement of Balance sheets of other business activities
Current Previous
year year
Fixed assets
- Tangible fixed assets x x- Intangible fixed assets x x- Investments x xTotal fixed assets ____________________________________ x ______ _____ x _____ 1
Current assets
- Stocks x x- Debtors x x- Investments x x- Cash (in bank and in hand) x xTotal current assets __________________________________ x ______ _____ x _____ 2
x
Creditors _____ x ______ _____ x _____ 3
Provision for liabilities and charges _____ x ______ _____ x _____ 4
Mean capital employed ___ x ______ _____ x _____ 5=1+2-3-4
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4.3 Return of mean capital employed in other activities
Current Previous
year year
Return x X 1
Mean capital employed x X 2
Return of the Mean capital employed (%) XX x 3=1/2
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Categories of
operating Description Method of allocation Business activity
costs
Depriciation Depriciation The amount for depreciation is allocated according to the
allocation of fixed assets
All activities
Procurement and costs for salaries Directly on the network elements/other equipment where Core network,
installation of possible; otherwise, allocation on the basis of the time spentfor installation of the equipment access network
equipment costs for installation, contract and
maintenance
Directly on the network elements/other equipment on the basis
of the installed equipment or maintenance
Core network,
access network
costs for costs for salaries Directly on the network elements/other equipment where Core network,
maintenance and
repairs
possible; otherwise, allocation on the basis of the time spent
for installation of the equipment
access network
Other costs Directly on the network elements/other equipment Core network,
access network
costs for costs for salaries and other Directly on the network elements/other equipment Core network,
network costs access network
planning anddevelopment costs
costs for costs for salaries Allocation of network elements/other Core network,
network
administration
equipment on the basis of the time spent by the staff to
manage every type of equipment
access network
Other costs Allocated on the network elements/other equipment on the
basis of the equipment it is administered
Core network,
access network
costs for costs for salaries Directly on products and services where possible; Retail
marketing and costs
for
Otherwise the two types of activities are allocated based on
working hours
sales costs for equipment sales Allocated to the service for sales of equipment to customersunder Other activities Other activities
-Advertisement Directly on products and services where possible. Otherwise, Retail
-Promotions
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Compensation for distributors advertisement of a number of services, the costs should be
-Other costs allocated to the appropriate services on a reasonable basis
costs for costs for salaries Directly on products and services where possible; Retail (some of
billing and otherwise, allocated between the two types of the costs arecosts for activities based on working hours Allocated to
collection the core network)
Other billing costs Directly on products and services where possible; Retail
(including otherwise, allocated between the two types of (some costs areoutstanding claims) activities based on usage (eg number of invoices made) allocated to the core
network)
costs for costs for salaries Directly on services where possible. The costs for Retail
services of the salaries for the staff performing tasks
operator for various services of the carrier, allocated to the appropriate
services based on the time spent to perform different tasks
costs based on data costs for salaries and other costs Directly to products and services Retail
Payments to Payments to abroad for Directly to products and services Retail
other operators Outgoing international traffic
Payments for Directly to products and services Retailinterconnection services
costs for costs for performance of These costs are allocated to the staff that All activities
support activities from the domain of performs the listed activities and they are
human resources allocated on the same basis as costs for salaries for the
personnel of human resources
Finance and other administrative
support functions
If they are specifically related to a certain product, service or
business activity
All activities
costs for buildings and lease These costs shall be allocated equally as the expenses for land
and buildings
All activities
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III- Table for allocation of the invested capital
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costs for computer systems/IT
expenses
These costs shall be allocated to the applications led by the
operator based on the use of systems
(computers) that support each application. The costs
allocated to applications are the allocated to the products and
services that they support
All activities
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III- Table for allocation of the invested capital
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Categories of assets
and obligations
Description Method of allocation Business activity
Material assets
Primary network assets
Switching equipment Local connection equipment Directly on access or network elements wherever possible.
Otherwise allocated to the services for local access to network
and network elements based on the relevant costs of the
equipment for providing user lines and to parts intended to
divert traffic respectively. The elements of the network for
local connection may be allocated to products and services
based on the usage expressed in seconds.
Core network (some costs
for local access network)
Equipment for transit exchanges Wherever possible directly to network elements, otherwise
allocated based on the usage expressed in seconds.
Core network
Equipment for international
connectivity
Wherever possible directly to network elements, otherwise
allocated based on the usage expressed in seconds.
Core network
Connectivity equipment for specific
network services
Directly to the elements of the core network where it is
appropriately/ regulated or to specific services provided by
other networksfor example the equipment for connectingdata transfer shall be allocated directly to the data transfer
services
Core network, other
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III- Table for allocation of the invested capital
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Other connectivity equipment Directly on network elements where possible, otherwise
allocated to other network elements for connecting basedon on
the use of the equipment
Core network
Transmission
equipment
Transmission equipment sensitive to
traffic volume
Directly on network elements wherever possible, otherwise
allocated based on the usage of vehicle commutation
Core network
Cable and wire Directly on access or network elements wherever possible,
otherwise allocated to elements based on the quantity of cable
used to provide different services
Access network,
Core network
Local loop equipment Directly to products wherever possible (eg specially identified
access equipment), otherwise allocated between access services
based on line usage
access network
Radio and satellite equipment Directly to network elements wherever possible, otherwise
allocated based on the usage of channels
Core network
Equipment for transfer of special
network services
Directly to the specific non-PSTN/non-ISDN services provided
through the network - eg the data transfer equipment is directly
allocated to the data transfer services
Core network
International lines Directly to network elements wherever possible, otherwise
allocated based on the usage
Core network
Other primary
network assets
Special network equipment The assets and the equipment uses specifically for providing
one specific service is allocated directly to the appropriate
service, for example: sophisticated network equipment, data
transfer equipment and multimedia equipment
Core network Other
activities
Customer equipment Directly to products and services Other activities
Public payphones and appropriate
equipment
Directly to services Retail
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Support equipment Channel The channel is allocated to the cable and wire within and is
allocated to products/services equally as cables and wires
Access network,
Core network
Power equipment Allocated to the primary groups of equipment based on the usageof the power equipment to support every equipmentsuch as
kilowatts per hour The assets are then allocated to
products/services in an equal manner as the relevant primary
groups of equipment
Access network,Core network
Network administration systems Allocated to the primary equipment of different networks based
on the usage of support systems for each separate equipmentfor
example the time spent to control the local, transit and
international exchange. The costs are allocated to products and
services in an equal manner as the appropriate primary groups of
equipment.
Core network
Non-network fixed
assets
Land and buildings Allocated to products, services and network elements based on
the used space (i.e. floor surface) for support of each product,
service or network element.
All activities
Computer systems Allocated to applications used by the carrier based on the usage
of computers for support of each application. The expensesallocated to applications are then allocated to the products and
services that they support
All activities
Motor vehicles Allocated to products and network elements based on usage. All activities
Furniture and office equipment Allocated to products and network elements based on usage. All activities
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Fixed Fixed intangible Directly on products wherever possible; Someintangible assets assets Other or unallocated assets shall be allocated on arbitrary basis,
in accordance with the
AEC.
Working capital Investments in fixed assets:
Financial investments Directly to other activities Other activities
Investments in unrelated activities Directly to other activities Other activities
Other investments Directly to services for which the investment is intended,otherwise allocated based on usage
All activities
Short-term investments (including
cash in bank and cash register)
Directly to activities wherever possible, otherwise allocated
based on the operating requirements of each activity
All activities
Securities Securities should be allocated directly to products and services All activities
Commercial
debts/Claims from buyers
Commercial debts are allocated to products and services based on
data from the billing system, wherever possible. The unallocated
residual should be allocated on an arbitrary basis, in accordance
with AEC.
All activities
Other claims from buyers Other claims from buyers are split into products and services,
wherever possible. The unallocated residual should be allocated
on an arbitrary basis, in accordance with AEC.
All activities
Trade loans Loans are allocated to products and services, wherever possible.
The unallocated residual should be allocated on an arbitrary
basis, in accordance with AEC.
All activities
Long-term reserves Directly to activities that increase reserves All activities
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Tax liabilities and dividends No need to be allocated. Instead, the average obligations shall be
taken into consideration while reviewing operating cash
monetary claims of every business activity
All activities
costs for buildings and lease These costs shall be allocated equally as the costs for land
and buildings
All activities
costs for computer systems/IT costs These costs shall be allocated to the applications led by the
operator based on the use of systems (computers) that
support each application. The costs allocated to
applications are the allocated to the products and services
that they support
All activities
IV
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costs /
services
Retailservices
Localcalls
Nationalcalls
Internationalcalls
Infocenterservices
Public
payphones
Leased
lines
Callsto
mobile
Internet
Additio
nalservices
Other
Service
sfromotheractivities
Supply
ofequipment
Othera
ctivities
Network costs x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Local access costs x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Total divert ofcosts
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
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From / To ------ >
|V
Access network
(in Denars)
Core network (in
Denars)
Retail (in Denars) Other
Activities (in Denars)
Total (in Denars)
Access x x x x
Network x x x x
Retail x x x x
Other x x x x
Total x x x x x