EU Moves to Cut Mobile Phone Termination Rates

The European Commission launched a new assault on what it considers to be rip-off costs in mobile telephony Thursday, this time setting its sights on mobile termination rates. IDG News reports.

Termination rates are the wholesale fees phone operators charge each other for connecting a call to its network. The fees are then passed on to consumers but they are invisible.

Unlike roaming rates, this ripoff is not obvious to consumers because it is built into charges that operators offer to consumers...

emily | 1:41 PM | European/ZA/USA SMS pricing issues |
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