Swisscom Cuts Prices For Calls To Orange Network

ZURICH -(Dow Jones)- Swiss telecommunications company Swisscom, Thursday said it will cut call rates from the fixed network to the Orange mobile network from CHF0.55 to CHF0.49 and from CHF0.45 to CHF0.39 per minute respectively.

This reduction also applies for calls to the mobile network of Coop-Mobile, which operates via the Orange mobile network. With this move, Swisscom Fixnet is passing on the Orange reduction in termination charges to its customers.

The termination charge is the fee that other telecommunications providers such as Swisscom Fixnet have to pay for putting through calls that terminate on a mobile network.

Swisscom Fixnet is reducing the price of calls from the fixed network to the Orange and Coop-Mobile network to CHF0.49 per minute standard rate and CHF0.39 off-peak rate.

Swisscom said it is not making any adjustment to prices for calls to the mobile network of Tele2, "as their termination charges remain high."

Company Web Site: http://www.swisscom.com

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Posted to the site on 31st August 2006