Contents

Latest documents added

Introduction

Oftel publications

Other Oftel documents relating to the referral

Latest documents added

Please click on the links below to view the latest additions to this area of the site: for a full list of documents please click here.

• Notice under section 15(3) of the telecommunications ACT 1984
  proposed modifications to the licences of Vodafone, 02, T-Mobile and Orange - 28 February 2003
  
• The Competition Commission's report on the charges made by mobile operators for terminating calls – 22 January 2003 (the full report is now available - 18 February 2003)
• Mobile termination charge control & the treatment of ported numbers
• Response to Oftel 58, Administration non-network costs
• The detriment characterised as a subsidy
• Benefits to fixed subscribers and econometric estimates - paper by Dr Rohlfs
• Ramsey pricing

Introduction

Following its recent review of the mobile markets, Oftel concluded that mobile termination rates are substantially in excess of cost and there is little incentive on operators to reduce these charges.

Oftel has proposed charge caps on future termination rates of RPI – 12 per cent over four years.

The four mobile operators publicly objected to the proposed charge controls. Oftel has referred the matter to the Competition Commission for a decision on whether regulatory action such as charge controls is in the public interest.

Please click here to read Oftel's Calls to Mobiles Consultation document (February 2001) and Statement (September 2001). To view comments received from stakeholders please click here

We also issued a press releases announcing the referral in December 2001 with a further release announcing the extention of the investigation for further 6 months on the 23 May 2002.

Oftel publications

• Determination: Rollover of Control of Interconnection Charges (Vodafone) - 12 February 2002
• Determination: Rollover of Control of Interconnection Charges (BTCellnet) - 12 February 2002
• Draft Determination: Rollover of Control of Vodafone’s Interconnection Charges - 8 January 2002
• Draft Determination: Rollover of Control of BT Cellnet's Interconnection Charges - 8 January 2002
• Terms of Reference under section 13 of the Telecommunications Act 1984, Charges made by Orange and One 2 One for terminating calls - 7 January 2002
• Terms of Reference under section 13 of the Telecommunications Act 1984, Charges made by Vodafone and BT Cellnet for terminating calls - 7 January 2002