Articles tagged with: Termination Rates and Orange

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

Related Tags: sim, european-commission, eu, viviane-reding, edge, vodafone, cosmote, mobile-termination-rates, rcs, Romania

UK Operators Facing Further Cuts in Mobile Termination Rates

The UK's Competition Commission has ruled that the mobile operators should lower their landline to mobile termination rates by around 20% by 2010/11 - and to a rate which is lower than was proposed by the telecoms regulator, Ofcom.  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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France to Cut Mobile Termination Rates

The French telecoms regulator, Arcep has announced plans to start regulating mobile termination rates, and require a gradual reduction in the rates charged to landline operators over the next few years.  more

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