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ComReg MTR - Not Enough

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  • 16-04-2009 4:05pm
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    Tom Young
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    ComReg today announced a 47% MTR - Mobile Termination Rate, reduction 'in line' with EU expectations. While any reduction is good for consumers and telco's this falls short of the EU Commissions target rate of 3.4 Cent. ARCEP the French Regulator mandated a 30% per annum reduction from next year.

    This only gets us to the 5.4 - 5.6 Cent mark which is even short of the ERG position on the matter.

    Tom


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    bealtine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    Tom Young wrote: »
    ComReg today announced a 47% MTR - Mobile Termination Rate, reduction 'in line' with EU expectations. While any reduction is good for consumers and telco's this falls short of the EU Commissions target rate of 3.4 Cent. ARCEP the French Regulator mandated a 30% per annum reduction from next year.

    This only gets us to the 5.4 - 5.6 Cent mark which is even short of the ERG position on the matter.

    Tom

    Comreg are part of the problem and not part of the solution.


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    crawler
    Registered Users Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭crawler


    It's a start - it's not enough but it is a start....


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    Sponge Bob
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 25,234 ✭✭✭✭Sponge Bob


    It is around 11c right now, over 3 times higher than the EU recommendation .

    Why do Comreg propose NOT to do what the EU asks ??


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    bealtine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭bealtine


    Sponge Bob wrote: »
    It is around 11c right now, over 3 times higher than the EU recommendation .

    Why do Comreg propose NOT to do what the EU asks ??

    Who watches the "watchers"? They seem to be utterly out of control.


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    netwhizkid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,558 ✭✭✭netwhizkid


    I love the way the EU got no mention of this on RTÉ News and ComReg was made out to be some sort of knight in shining armour riding to the aide of the stricken consumer. If it wasn't for the EU ComReg would probably award tariff increases to the triopoly and give itself another big pat of the back and payrises for all.


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    Tom Young
    Legal Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 4,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tom Young


    It is all too loose in my view.

    Why should the EU get a mention? ;)

    Angola. That's where we're at.


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    BertrandMeyer
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