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Articles tagged with: Termination Rates and Roaming
Mobistar Profits Up Despite Price Pressures
Belgium based Mobistar has reported a slight rise in first-quarter revenues of 2.5% to reach EUR 371.2 million (US$483.8 million) - although its customer base rose by 6.4% over the same period. The company said the disparity was determined in part by the continuing price pressure in a highly competitive market, by the regulatory decisions (lowering of the mobile termination rates in May and July 2008) and a reduced activity in the business market. more
Related Tags: mobistar, smartphones, eu, sms, smartphone, 3g, , tim, mobile-termination-rates, Belgium
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, vodafone, eu, billing, mobile-termination-rates
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, 3-uk, gsm-association, sharp, 3, hutchison, andrew, termination-fees
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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New Zealand Mobile Costs Too High by International Standards
New Zealand's Commerce Commission has released its 2007 telecommunications monitoring report analysing the state of New Zealand telecoms markets. The report also benchmarks the performance of the New Zealand telecommunications markets against OECD data. more
Related Tags: benchmarking, commerce-commission, oecd, New Zealand