MCA reduces wholesale mobile termination rate by 32%

The Malta Communication Authority reduces the rate that mobile operators charge other network operators to terminate calls on their networks, effective from 1 September.

1 September 2011, 12:00am

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The MCA announced a decision which brings about a drop of 32% in the wholesale mobile termination rate, bringing it to 4.18c per minute. The new rate will be applicable as from 1^st September.

The decision it said, followed a “thorough review of feedback received from stakeholders, including the European Commission as part of a consultative process on the subject.”

The MCA said that mobile termination rates (MTRs) are the charges that mobile operators charge other network operators to terminate calls on their respective mobile networks.

“This decision reflects the MCA’s efforts to keep reducing the MTRs in line with the principles laid out by the recommendations of the EU Commission to base such rates on efficient costs which avoid competitive distortions for the ultimate benefit of end-users at large,” the MCA said.

The authority added that it intends to keep these rates under review in-line with its interconnection strategy.