Articles tagged with: Vodafone and Mobile Termination Rates

UK Mobile Termination Rates Dispute Referred to the Competition Commission

The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has referred to the Competition Commission (CC) the price control matters in appeals brought against the telecom's regulator, Ofcom by British Telecom, Everything Everywhere, Hutchison 3G and vodafone. The reference is about the prices that Ofcom permits communication providers to charge for the termination of a wholesale mobile voice call. more

NZ Commerce Commission recommends regulation of mobile termination rates

New Zealand's Commerce Commission says that it is now recommending that the Minister for Communications and Information Technology regulate mobile termination access services (MTAS), and not accept undertakings from Telecom and vodafone. more

Regulation of New Zealand's Mobile Termination Rates Now Likely

New Zealand's Commerce Commission has issued a preliminary report that is recommending that the country's two incumbent mobile networks, Telecom and vodafone should have their mobile termination rates regulated. The Commission is recommending that the Minister for Communications and Information Technology rejects undertakings from Telecom and vodafone. more

Spanish Regulator Approves Lower Mobile Termination Rates

Spain's telecoms regulator, the Commission for the Telecommunications Market (CMT) has approved cuts of between 40% for Telefónica Móviles, vodafone and Orange and 50% for Xfera for their mobile termination rates. more

New Zealand Regulator Wants Lower Mobile Termination Rates

New Zealand's Commerce Commission has sent letters to the country's three mobile phone networks warning that it wants a reduction in their mobile termination rates. The three networks had sent submissions to the Commission to lower their rates voluntarily, but the Commission has replied saying that the cuts don't go far enough. more

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

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

Albania Cuts Mobile Termination Rates

Albania'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

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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

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