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Articles tagged with: Mobile Termination Rate
French Court Upholds Mobile Termination Rate Decision
The French Supreme Administrative Court has overturned an appeal by two of the country's mobile network operators against a mobile termination rate regime proposed by the telecoms regulator. more
Related Tags: arcep, mtr, orange-france, France
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
Related Tags: european-commission, viviane-reding, eu, termination-rates, arcep, mobile-termination-rates, Bulgaria
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
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Europeans May Have to Pay to Receive Phone Calls
Europeans could end up having to pay to receive phones under a proposal from EU telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding who said that she was open to the concept in exchange for lower termination rates. In an interview with the Financial Times, she said " The whole market is developing, so we should not stay on the rules that have been in place 10 years" more
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EU Commission Backs French Regulator Move To Cut Mobile Fees
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European Commission on Friday backed French telecom regulator Arcep's move to cut the wholesale rates that mobile phone network operators charge to connect calls in the country. more
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Nigeria Celebrates Six Years of GSM Mobile Phones
It has now been six years since GSM was introduced to Nigeria, and the telecoms regulator, the NCC has published a review of how telecoms in the country has changed since those first mobile phone licenses were sold. Prior to 2001, the number of connected phone lines in the country before the introduction of GSM services was a mere 450,000 for an estimated population of 120 million at the time and the level of investment in the telecommunications sector was just about US$50 million only. more
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New Zealand Government OKs Industry-Led Mobile Termination Plan
WELLINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The New Zealand government's decision to accept a voluntary proposal by Telecom Corp. of New Zealand and Vodafone Group's local unit to reduce mobile termination rates should be broadly positive for both companies, although Telecom would still lose revenue over the long run, industry observers said. more
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Virgin Mobile Outlook Strong As Profits Jump
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Virgin Mobile Holdings PLC (VMOB.LN), the U.K. mobile telecommunications company, Thursday gave an unexpectedly rosy outlook for fiscal 2006 after reporting that net profit more than doubled in its last financial year. more
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