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A perspective from Carers UK

Posted by Emily Holzhausen on 3rd Jul 2009

Emily Holzhausen, Director of Policy and Public Affairs for Carers UK talks about two of their members who are carers and why backing the Terminate the Rate campaign is important to them:
Alex and Bushra each care for relatives who have disabilities and sickness. They struggle to pay their phone bills. The calls they make are [...]



Metro cover wrap raises TtR profile

Posted by Tom Hall on 4th Jun 2009

To raise awareness of the TtR campaign we’ve run a cover wrap on this morning’s London Metro, bringing it to the attention of nearly 2 million more people.
In case you didn’t see it, here’s the text from the back page:
You might have heard that excuse somewhere else recently but the good news is that [...]


Rates that are ‘Seldom Seen’ should be terminated

Posted by Tom Hall on 2nd Jun 2009

Matt Churchill, The Seldom Seen Kid, has posted about the Terminate the Rate campaign and explains it in detail for those that missed the announcement.
Reiterating 3’s determination that reducing or removing Mobile Termination Rates will not lead to the charges reappearing in forms such as having to pay to receive calls, or hiked prices for [...]


But some operators like high MTRs

Posted by Guy Middleton on 22nd May 2009

Some mobile operators have been defending high MTRs following the announcement of Ofcom’s consultation. Warning that abolishing mobile termination rates will simply shift costs to other areas, some operators have argued that investment, free phones and pay as you go customers would suffer if MTRs were to be reduced and that mobile users might [...]



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