Articles tagged with: Termination Rates and Viviane Reding

European Commission Takes Legal Action Over German Mobile Termination Rates

The European Commission has opened an infringement procedure against Germany because the country's national regulator - the Bundesnetzagentur - did not consult the Commission and other national regulators prior to deciding on new levels of mobile termination rates. Contrary to Germany's obligations under EU telecoms rules, the Bundesnetzagentur's final decisions on mobile termination rates were adopted on 31 March 2009 before the Commission and other national regulators had the possibility to comment on the level of these rates. This lack of transparency is a first in the application of EU telecoms rules in the 27 EU Member States. more

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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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

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

European Commission Warns Germany over Mobile Termination Rates

The European Commission, in a letter made public today, has requested the German telecoms regulator, BNetzA to notify it of all German mobile operators' termination rates, the wholesale tariffs charged by the operator of a customer receiving a phone call to the operator of the caller's network. more

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

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

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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

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

EU Vows Consistent Regulation of Mobile Termination Fees

BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- European Union Telecommunications Commissioner Viviane Reding Tuesday vowed to push national telecoms regulators towards a common pan-E.U. method of regulating and calculating mobile termination rates in early 2008. more

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