UK mobile users might pay to receive calls

Uh-oh.  The European Commission has committed to cutting termination charges – the fees that mobile operators charge each other for routing each other’s calls – a move that could result in customers having to pay to receive calls to their mobiles.

Currently,  mobile operator charge each other about 7p for each call.  The EC want to cut this to around a penny, but mobile operators have threatened to pas the cost on to the customer.

Paying to receive calls is the norm in the USA, but this is not likely to be a popular move over here no we are all used to not paying.

Of course, there is nothing to say that the operators have to pass the cost on, but the EC is refusing to intervene.

“I think the business models are not for the European commissioner to decide.” said a spokesman, “Business models are for the operators to decide.”

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