Termination rates on mobile networks final decision


By determination of 30 April 2012, ANACOM has approved the final decision on the specification of the price control obligation on wholesale markets of voice call termination on individual mobile networks. The respective draft decision was approved on 23 March 2012 for notification to the European Commission (EC), the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the national regulatory authorities of the remaining Member States of the European Union (EU). The EC responded by letter of 26 April, making no comment.

Accordingly, approval is given to the mobile termination costing model and it is determined that, as from 7 May 2012, the maximum voice call termination rates on mobile networks to be applied by the three mobile operators notified as having significant market power (SMP) are, irrespective of the call origin, with billing per second from the first second:

  • 2.77 eurocents per minute on 07.05.2012;
  • 2.27 eurocents per minute on 30.06.2012;
  • 1.77 eurocents per minute on 30.09.2012;
  • 1.27 eurocents per minute on 31.12.2012.

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