On May 14, 1998 the new Communications Ministry Decree on the allocation of the costs related to the Universal Service Obligation has been published on the Official Gazette. The Decree terminates the general uncertainty of the telecommunications service providers on the amount of participation to the costs related to the Universal Service and the modalities under which such allocation is intended to be managed. In that respect, the Decree introduces a fund with the Ministry of Communications for the financing of the costs of Universal Service provision.
Under the Italian Telecommunications Regulations, Universal Service Obligations include the provision of fixed public voice telephony services, publication of telephone directories and provision of subscriber information services, public payphones, free emergency call services and special services for disabled or disadvantaged people. Initially, the obligation of universal service has been set on Telecom Italia, yet the service
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