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 [...]

Dutch consumers look set to save millions of Euros per year after telecoms regulator OPTA agreed to slash the price of making a phone call. The decision means MTRs will be cut by up to 83%, and will see the price of a call drop from EURO 0.7 per minute to EURO 0.012. Fixed network [...]

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 [...]

The last two days have seen speculation over Ofcom’s decision on Mobile Termination Rates mount in the media. The Sunday Times led the way with a great piece yesterday highlighting the fact that MTRs contribute to ‘excessive profits’ for mobile operators. It also includes a quote from our partner BT detailing the benefits [...]