Press Release: Telecoms: European Commission urges Polish telecoms regulator to take stronger action on mobile termination rates

In a letter sent on 27 November 2009, the European Commission has asked the Polish telecoms regulator, Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej (UKE), not to unnecessarily prolong asymmetric termination rates in favour of P4, the latest entrant in the Polish mobile telephone market. Currently P4 charges other operators around 1.5 times more for connecting calls on its network than its competitors. The Commission calls upon UKE to bring its pricing methodology in line with the Commission's Recommendation on Termination Rates of May 2009 and to swiftly reduce P4's mobile termination rates (MTR) to the level of the cost of an efficient operator. Termination rates are an important cost element when consumers call a phone which is connected to another network. They are included in everyone's phone bill and eventually paid by the calling customer.

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ESO: Background Information: Telecoms: Commission acts on termination rates to boost competition http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-telecoms-commission-acts-on-termination-rates-to-boost-competition/

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