Anacom will again reduce wholesale prices which telecoms operators charge competitors for terminating calls on their fixed networks. The reduction in tariffs of 39% will be revealed on Monday the regulator of the communications sector.
According to the determination of ANACOM, which is under public consultation until 26 August, the rates will be fixed at 0.068 cents per minute after, in 2013, have already been reduced by approximately 80%.
As the mobile operators, the fixed wholesale prices have been falling in line with the guidelines of Brussels. The decline in wholesale prices of terminations is always a source of contestation by telecommunications companies because in the background represents a decrease of revenue they get whenever a customer of a competing network terminates a call in your network. In contrast, the costs incurred by the company whenever forwards traffic to a competing network also decrease.
With this decision “the conditions will be created for operators to reverberate this tariff reduction in the prices they charge to end users, “said the regulator in a press release.The new termination price of 0.068 cents per minute” is a guided price for the costs of an efficient operator and results from the adoption of a new cost model defined by ANACOM “, in line with the 2009 recommendation of the European Commission, which aims to reduce terminations in the community space.
Anacom explains that last year termination rates were fixed due to an average of the rates in force in several European countries have applied a model similar to what was developed by ANACOM characteristics.
The new termination rates and the cost model will be available for public consultation until August 26. Thereafter shall be notified to the European Commission and, keeping the draft decision will enter into force 10 days after final decisions are taken.
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