EU Tells Slovakia To Make Mobile Termination Rates Competitive
September 07 2009 - 7:14AM
Dow Jones News
The European Commission Monday told Slovakia's
telecommunications regulator to make the country's mobile
termination rates more competitive.
Mobile termination rates are the fees mobile service operators
charge each other to connect calls between their networks. Slovak's
mobile termination rates are amongst the highest in the European
Union, according to the commission, the bloc's regulatory arm.
The commission wants the Slovakian telecommunications regulator
to reconsider a fee structure established for the three mobile
phone operators, Orange Slovensko, a unit of France Telecom (FTE)
T-Mobile Slovensko, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) and
Telefonica 02 Slovakia, a unit of Telefonica SA (TEF).
-By Adam Cohen, Dow Jones Newswires; +322 741 1486;
adam.cohen@dowjones.com