Ofcom’s consultation on the future of Mobile Termination Rates runs for a total of 12 weeks, from the date of publication, 1st April 2010 until the 23rd June 2010. Over this period, the big mobile operators will be scrutinising Ofcom’s proposals on MTRs and will almost certainly seek to challenge every point they can in a bid to get the rates higher when Ofcom decides the final outcome. We need to do everything we can to ensure Ofcom’s proposals aren’t watered-down and ideally accelerated when the final decision is made, probably in the autumn.

Ofcom’s proposals are close to what our campaign has been calling for, however we want to see the drop take effect over a shorter period of time. Four years is a long time to wait for consumers that could be experiencing the benefits of cheaper calling much faster. All Terminate the Rate partners will be encouraged to respond to the consultation directly before the 23rd June in order to show their support for the reduction to 0.5p.

The campaign needs your continued support throughout this next stage to make sure it is very difficult for the other operators to undermine the proposal. Please do look out for our next blog post which will include a link for you to respond to the consultation yourselves through a simple process that should take you no longer than 45 seconds. This will be available from the beginning of next week.