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Articles tagged with: Termination Rates
Bharti Airtel Says On Track to Launch in Sri Lanka by Year End
India's Bharti Airtel says that it expects to launch its network in neighbouring Sri Lanka by the end of this year - subject to sorting out a long running interconnection dispute with the incumbent operators. Bharti Airtel has accused the incumbents of offering it termination rates which are higher than the rates they offer each other. more
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EU Telecoms Reforms - You can keep your "bill and keep" Ms Reding
The EU telecom regulator, Ms Vivienne Reding, wants mobile operators to make further deep cuts in termination rates to reduce "excessive profits" and reduce the cost of mobile ownership for the benefit of consumers. However, she also likes the idea that customers should pay to receive calls - as they do in the under-penetrated markets of North America. While the call for lower termination rates is a well-worn issue, the idea that we should move to a "bill and keep" system is new. Quite how this is "pro-consumer" eludes us. more
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Albania Cuts Mobile Termination Rates
AlbaniaĆ's Minister of Telecommunications, Sokol Olldashi has announced cuts in the mobile termination rates which he said will lower phone rates by around 20 percent. The reduction is based on recommendation from the Telecommunication Regulation Agency (ERT). more
Related Tags: vodafone, mobile-termination-rates, Albania
Regulatory Changes Could Drive 40 Million Europeans to Ditch their Mobile Phone
A report commissioned by Vodafone claims that some 40 million Europeans would ditch their mobile phone if US-style billing comes to the EU where a mobile phone user has to pay to receive phone calls. The submission to the European Commission, seen by the Financial Times is in response to proposals from the European Commissioner for Telecoms, Viviane Reding. more
Related Tags: european-commission, viviane-reding, roaming, vodafone, eu, billing, mobile-termination-rates
Hutchison Whampoa Profits Rise on Lower 3G Loses
Hong Kong conglomerate, Hutchison Whampoa has posted a first half profit which beat the average of analyst estimates on lower loses from its 3G operations and higher port and energy earnings. The company reported that net income dropped 63 percent to HK$10.7 billion ($1.4 billion), after taking out the HK$35.8 billion gain from selling its Indian investment to Vodafone a year earlier. more
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Call Volumes Drop Following Tax Rises in Pakistan
Mobile operators in Pakistan have all seen an 8 to 9 percent drop in call volumes following a recent rise in taxes imposed by the government on PrePay tariffs. more
Related Tags: sim-card, prepay, text-messages, tax, mobile-termination-rates, Pakistan
3 UK Aims to Double Subscriber Base by 2012
Hutchison 3G UK is aiming to double its subscriber base to nearly seven million by 2012 the company CEO, Kevin Russell has said. In an interview with the Financial Times, Russell said that his target is to double the size of the business over the next three to four years. more
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German Regulator to Discontinue Regulation of Selected Markets
Germany's Federal Network Agency has announced that it plans to discontinue regulation of further telecommunications markets. This was announced in a market definition and analysis published today for comment by the market. more
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Telefonica Against EU's Rate Cut Proposals
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- Telefonica said Wednesday it isn't in favor of calls by the European Commission to cut wholesale termination rates, or the fees phone companies charge each other to connect calls, across the continent. more
Related Tags: european-commission, viviane-reding, telefonica, Spain
UPDATE: EU Calls For 70% Cut in Mobile Call Handling Fees
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- European mobile operators face a 70% cut in the fees they charge each other for passing on calls from competing networks under draft guidelines published by the European Commission Thursday that led to sharp criticism from the industry. more
Related Tags: deutsche-telekom, t-mobile, prepay, european-commission, viviane-reding, roaming, 3-uk, gsm-association, sharp, 3, hutchison, andrew, termination-fees