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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9739

13 September 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/telecommunications
Fall in mobile termination rates will not lead to overall reduction in mobile charges, warn historic operators

Brussels, 12/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - Historic operators are still fighting in the battle that sees them ranged against the European Commission which is seeking to change to current telecommunications practices. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefónica and Vodaphone commissioned consultancy firm Frontier Economics to assess the impact that a reduction in mobile termination rates (MTR), as the European Commission wants, would have on the European market. “The European...

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(EU) EU/DISASTERS:
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB's new water sector lending policy
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: CER welcomes quality of freight directive
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Fall in mobile termination rates will not lead to overall reduction in mobile charges, warn historic operators
(EU) EU LEGISALTION/STATE AID:
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