The European Commission has asked UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, to reconsider its proposed glide path so that mobile termination rates will be reduced in half the suggested time period to 0.5p by the end of 2012 rather than 2014/2015.
On 1st April 2010, Ofcom laid out its proposal for lower MTRs being introduced over [...]

This week Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and the Creative Industries, responded to a question on Mobile Termination Rates put to him by Iain Wright, MP for Hartlepool. Iain asked if he will bring forward proposals to reduce mobile telephone termination rates; and if he will make a statement.
Ed Vaizey responded: [...]

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 [...]

Now that Ofcom’s big decision is only days away, our campaign has entered a crucial phase.  The regulator is likely to propose two options, one of which will be to dramatically reduce the cost of calling mobiles.
Now is the time to call for Ofcom to make lower mobile termination rates a reality.
Ofcom has regional offices [...]