Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2023

Commission may require publication of information on quality of service

36. (1) The Commission may require providers of internet access services and of publicly available interpersonal communications services to publish within a specified period comprehensive, comparable, reliable, user-friendly and up-to-date information for end-users on—

(a) the quality of their technical services, to the extent that they control at least some elements of the network either directly or by virtue of a service level agreement to that effect,

(b) the quality of their non-technical services, and

(c) measures taken to ensure equivalence in access for end-users with disabilities.

(2) The Commission may require providers of publicly available interpersonal communications services to inform consumers within a specified period if the quality of the services they provide depends on any external factors such as control of signal transmission or network connectivity.

(3) The Commission may require that a provider, before publishing information under subsection (1) or informing consumers under subsection (2), supply the relevant information to the Commission.

(4) Where the Commission requires the publication of information referred to in subsection (1), it shall specify, taking account of BEREC guidelines, the quality-of-service parameters to be measured, the applicable measurement methods, and the content, form and manner of the information to be published, including possible quality certification mechanisms and may, where it considers it appropriate, specify the parameters, definitions and measurement methods set out in Annex X to the Directive.

(5) Providers shall ensure that any measures that they take pursuant to this section comply with Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of 25 November 20156 .

6 OJ No. L310, 26.11.2015, p. 1