Press Release: Digital Agenda: Commission suspends Latvian proposal to uphold excessive level of wholesale rates for fixed telephony and starts an in-depth review

The European Commission has expressed serious doubts about a new proposal from the Latvian telecoms regulator (SPRK) regarding fixed termination rates which would negatively affect consumers in Latvia. Termination rates are the rates telecoms networks charge each other to deliver calls between networks, and each operator has market power over access to customers on its own network. These costs are ultimately included in call prices paid by consumers and businesses.