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Drop the Rate Mate reaches 10,000 signatories

Posted by Tom Hall on 15th Jan 2010

As you may remember, high Mobile Termination Rates are currently under investigation in New Zealand. Telecoms company 2Degrees, started their own campaign ‘Drop the Rate Mate’ shortly after we launched Terminate the Rate in the UK.

This week ‘Drop the Rate Mate’ hit their first milestone of 10,000 signatories. This is a huge achievement for the campaign showing there is a lot of support abroad in countries with high MTRs. We continue to watch the Drop the Rate Mate campaign with interest.

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Mobile operators to get a £4m Christmas present

22nd Dec 2009

BT forecasts that landline customers will pay £4m in Mobile Termination Rates over the Christmas period - “Like Santa Claus charging for delivery.”
Britain’s mobile operators are about to land themselves a £4m Christmas bonus through high Mobile Termination Rates as Britons call mobile phones from landlines with the season’s greetings. Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs) are [...]

Nigel Continues To Back The “Terminate The Rate” Campaign

3rd Dec 2009

Nigel Evans, Member of Parliament for the Ribble Valley, yesterday called for Ofcom to end mobile termination rates. Nigel was speaking at the BT Tower where those involved in the campaign to terminate the rate gathered to call on Ofcom to take notice.
Mr Evans said,
“When I originally tabled the Early Day Motion, I had no [...]

Partners thanked at BT Tower

3rd Dec 2009

Monday night the Terminate the Rate campaign held a partner event at the top of BT Tower. The event was a chance to thank all our partners for their hard work over the past seven months as well as to talk about what’s going to happen next.
25 partners attended including representatives from the Post [...]

Crossroads Care is supporting Terminate the Rate

11th Nov 2009

Crossroads Care is Britain’s leading provider of support for carers and the people they care for. We work with over 35,000 individuals and their families, helping carers make a life outside of caring. We employ over 5,000 trained professionals, providing flexible services to people of all ages and with a range of disabilities and health [...]

Terminate the Rate highlights global issue

2nd Nov 2009

This really does seem to be an unstoppable campaign. I can’t see how the mobile companies can withstand the onslaught from the ‘Terminate the Rate’ campaign.
Already the petition has accumulated over 114,000 signatures (some of them I hope from my Tweets about it @Jasmine) but also 260 MPs (just under half the MPs in the [...]

The Prime Minister talks MTRs

28th Oct 2009

Today during Prime Minister’s Questions – a weekly session where MPs can ask Gordon Brown questions on any subject - Tom Watson MP raised the issue of Mobile Termination Rates.
Mr Watson asked if the Prime Minister was aware that a petition with over 114,000 signatures had been handed into Ofcom today calling for a [...]

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