QUALITY OF SERVICE STANDARDS

Service

QoS Items

Targets/Standards

PSTN

Billing performance

 

Percentage of billing complaints in any one billing period

Shall not exceed 2% of the total number of bills issued in that billing period.

Complaints resolved within 15 business days

90%

Complaints resolved within 30 business days

95%

 

 

Fulfilment of installation orders

 

Within 24 hours

80%

Within 48 hours

90%

Within 7 business days

100%

 

 

General customer complaints over a 12 month period

Should not exceed 50 complaints per 1000 lines.

 

 

Intra network call connection loss

Not more than 6% calls shall be lost calls

 

 

Inter network call connection loss

Not more than 6% calls shall be lost calls

 

 

Operator Speed of Answer (emergency calls only)

 

Within 10 seconds

90%

Within 20 seconds

100%

Calls encounter busy signal

Less than 1% in any one busy hour

 

 

Inter network call connection post dialing delay

95% of attempted calls should take less than 13 seconds

 

 

Intra network call connection post dialing delay

95% of attempted calls should take less than 10 seconds

 

 

Service Restoration Performance

 

Within 24 hours of receipt request

80% fulfilled

Within 48 hours of receipt request

90% fulfilled

 

 

Service trouble rate report over a 12 month period

Should not exceed 500 reports for 1000 lines

Service

QoS Items

Targets/Standards

Public Cellular Service

Billing Performance

 

Percentage of billing complaints in any one billing period

Shall not exceed 2% of the total number of bills issued in that billing period.

Complaints resolved within 15 business days

90%

Complaints resolved within 30

95%

 

 

Endpoint Service Availability

Not less than 90% of intra network and inter network call connection

Dropped calls

Not more than 5% of intra network calls

 

 

General Customer Complaints over a 12 month period

Should not exceed 50 complaints per 1000 customers

 

 

Operator Speed of Answer (emergency calls only)

 

Within 10 seconds

90%

Within 20 seconds

100%

Calls encounter busy signal

Less than 1% in any one busy hour

 

 

Service

QoS Items

Targets/Standards

Dial Up Internet Access Service

Billing performance

 

Percentage of billing complaints in any one billing period

Shall not exceed 2% of the total number of bills issued in that billing period.

Complaints resolved within 15 business days

90%

Complaints resolved within 30

95%

 

 

Dial Up Internet Access Performance

 

No. of attempts for successful connection

A maximum of 3, with no more than 1 minute intervals between each of the attempts.

Attempts made to access an IASP node within 40 seconds

95%

Average file download time for a standard graphic or random text file of approximately 30 kilobytes

No more than 80% of modem line speed at least 95% of the time.

 

 

General Customer

Should not exceed 50

 

 

Complaints over a 12 month period

complaints per 1000 customers

 

 

Service

QoS Items

Targets/Standards

Content Applications Service

Annual Service Availability

No less than 99% over a 12 month period

 

 

Billing performance

Shall not exceed 2% of the total number of bills issued in that

Percentage of billing complaints in any one billing period

billing period.

Complaints resolved within 15 business days

90%

Complaints resolved within 30

95%

 

 

General Customer Complaints over a 12 month period

Should not exceed 50 complaints per 1000 customers

 

 

Service

QoS Items

Targets/Standards

Public Payphone Service

Service Availability

90% shall have service availability at any one point

Service

QoS Items

Targets/Standards

Digital Leased Line Service

Annual Service Availability

 

Local Digital Leased Line

No less than 99% over a 12 month period

National Digital Leased Line

No less than 99.9% over a 12 month period

International Digital Leased Line

No less than 99.99% over a 12 month period

 

 

Fulfilment of installation orders

 

Within 1 week for Local Digital Leased Line

90% fulfilled

Within 2 weeks for National Digital Leased Line

90% fulfilled

Within 4 weeks for International Digital Leased Line

90% fulfilled

Within 2 weeks for Local Digital Leased Line

100% fulfilled

Within 3 weeks for National Digital Leased Line

100% fulfilled

Within 5 weeks for International Digital Leased Line

100% fulfilled

 

 

Service Restoration Performance

 

Within 24 hours of receipt request

80% fulfilled

Within 48 hours of receipt request

90% fulfilled

 

 

Service

QoS Items

Targets/Standards

Broadband Access Service

Fulfilment of installation orders

 

Within 24 hours

80% fulfilled

Within 48 hours

90% fulfilled

Within 7 days

100% fulfilled

 

 

Service Restoration Performance

 

Within 24 hours of receipt request

80% fulfilled

Within 48 hours of receipt request

90% fulfilled

 

 

Network Latency

 

Not more than 85ms

95% of  the time during busy hours

 

 

Throughput or Bandwidth Utilisation

 

Not less than 70% of subscribed level (both for uploading and downloading)

95% of  the  time during busy hours

 

 

Packet Loss

Shall not exceed 1%

 

 

Annual Service Availability

No less than 99.99% over a 12 month period