Articles tagged with: Termination Rates and Compete

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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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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German Regulator to Investigate Complaints Against Vodafone/T-Mobile

Netherlands based KPN has announced that the Federal Cartel Office in Germany has opened abuse proceedings on the German mobile communications market. The proceedings were initiated following a complaint made by KPN to the Bundeskartellamt on suspicion that the market leaders t T-Mobile and Vodafone have abused their dominant position.  more

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