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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10673
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) digital

Latvian proposal on wholesale fixed telephony rates is suspended

Brussels, 23/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - Mid-August, the European Commission expressed “serious doubts” about a new proposal from the Latvian telecoms regulator (SPRK) regarding fixed termination rates. According to the Commission, measures contained therein 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...