Brussels, 02/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has asked the Italian regulatory authority AGCOM to impose a lower ceiling for mobile termination rates on H3G Italy. It also called on AGCOM to finalise the second round of its market analysis, so that cost-oriented mobile termination rates for all four Italian mobile network operators can be introduced as soon as possible. Mobile termination is a wholesale service bought by telephone operators allowing users to call a mobile customer on another network. In the case of H3G Italy, the Commission noted that, despite measures already taken, the rates charged by the company remained among the highest in Europe. AGCOM reviewed the market for voice call termination on individual mobile networks at the end of 2005 and found that all Italian operators (TIM, Vodafone, Wind and H3G) had significant market power in this market. AGCOM imposed a price control obligation for TIM, Vodafone and WIND, but not on H3G. The Commission has called on it to speed up the process. (il)