Spain’s Comision del Mercado de las Telecomunicacinoes (CMT) has rejected a call by the European Commission (EC) suggesting that mobile termination rates (MTRs) should be reduced at a faster rate. According to Reuters, the EC earlier this week gave the regulator a three-month deadline within which it was to provide detailed plans for how it would reduce MTRs at a quicker rate than presently planned. In response, however, the CMT has claimed that any attempts to speed up drops in termination rates could damage the mobile sector, with the regulator on its blog stating: ‘Carrying this out in one step, or in a very reduced timeframe, could have a destabilising impact on the mobile market and could significantly reduce the income of operators at a time when the sector is carrying out significant investment.’ EC vice-president Neelie Kroes has, however, claimed that Spanish consumers should not ‘pay over the odds for mobile calls’, arguing of the CMT’s recently revised glide path for MTR reductions: ‘Industry has already had three years to adapt and a further delay of one year is unjustifiable.’ In line with this stance, the EC is understood to be pressing for deeper cuts by the end of December 2012
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OVETEL CMT stands its ground regarding MTR reduction plan
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