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Articles tagged with: European Commission and Mobile Termination Rates
EU Asks Slovakia's Regulator to Reconsider Mobile Termination Rates
In a letter sent today, the European Commission has repeated its calls for the Slovakian telecoms regulator, Telekomunikačný úrad Slovenskej republiky (TÚSR), to bring mobile termination rates (MTRs) to more competitive levels in Slovakia. more
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Denmark Asked to Lower Mobile Termination Rates for 3G Operator
The European Commission has written to the Danish telecoms regulator asking it to abolish the difference in mobile termination rates between the incumbent operators and the new 3G entrant, Hi3G. The regulator, NITA is proposing to reduce the MTRs from 2010 to 0.43 DKK/min for TDC, Telenor and TeliaSonera, but at a higher rate of 0.51 DKK/min for H3iG. more
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European Commission Takes Legal Action Over German Mobile Termination Rates
The European Commission has opened an infringement procedure against Germany because the country's national regulator - the Bundesnetzagentur - did not consult the Commission and other national regulators prior to deciding on new levels of mobile termination rates. Contrary to Germany's obligations under EU telecoms rules, the Bundesnetzagentur's final decisions on mobile termination rates were adopted on 31 March 2009 before the Commission and other national regulators had the possibility to comment on the level of these rates. This lack of transparency is a first in the application of EU telecoms rules in the 27 EU Member States. more
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European Commission Supports Austrian regulator's Plans for Mobile Termination Rates
The European Commission has voiced its support for efforts of the Austrian telecoms regulator, Telekom-Control-Kommission (TKK), to bring mobile termination rates (MTRs) to more competitive levels. In a letter sent at the end of last week, the Commission agreed that bringing MTRs to levels closer to what it costs to efficiently connect calls will tackle potential market distortions between phone operators. more
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European Commission Issues Guidance on Termination Rates
The European Commission has today set out clear guidance for EU telecoms regulators on the cost-based method to be used when calculating termination rates. The guidance is in the form of a "Recommendation" that national regulators are obliged to take "the utmost account" of. The Recommendation indicates specifically that termination rates at national level should be based only on the real costs that an efficient operator incurs to establish the connection. more
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European Commission Welcoms Romania's Lower Termination Rates
The European Commission says that it has welcomed the Romanian telecoms regulator's move to bring its regulation of mobile termination rates in line with the forthcoming Commission Recommendation. In the meantime, the Commission also called on the regulator to align the mobile termination rates charged by the third and fourth mobile operators in Romania with those allowed for the two largest operators. A letter from The Commission acknowledged the reasonably low level of rates for the two largest operators (5.03 eurocents per minute) and said that in the absence of objective cost differences, this interim rate should also be applied to the other operators as soon as possible. more
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Europe Calls on Bulgaria to Lower its Mobile Termination Rates
The European Commission has asked the Bulgarian telecoms regulator, the CRC, to take action to further reduce mobile termination rates that operators charge to connect the call of another operator's customer. more
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European Commission Warns Germany over Mobile Termination Rates
The European Commission, in a letter made public today, has requested the German telecoms regulator, BNetzA to notify it of all German mobile operators' termination rates, the wholesale tariffs charged by the operator of a customer receiving a phone call to the operator of the caller's network. more
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Viviane Reding Welcomes French Plans to Lower Mobile Termination Rates
The European Commission, in a letter, has welcomed the French regulator's proposal to lower the wholesale rates charged by French mobile operators. The Commission also invited the regulator, ARCEP to keep up its efforts to set a target date by which they should equal the costs of an efficient operator in the next regulatory window that starts in 2011. more
Related Tags: orange, wind, eu, compete, termination-rates, arcep, mobile-termination-rate, orange-france, France
UK Government,Regulator Wants Changes to EU Termination Rate Plans
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K. government's Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and U.K. communications regulator Ofcom said Monday the European Commission's current draft proposal on mobile termination rates "should be adjusted." more
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