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NEWS: French regulators cap SMS charges
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| John Navas 2006-07-24, 3:33 pm |
| <http://www.theregister.com/2006/07/..._cap/print.html>
French communications regulator ARCEP has had its move to cap the cost
of text messaging backed by the European Commission.
Under the plans Orange France, SFR, and Bouygues Telecom will see the
wholesale amount they can charge each other for routing texts through
their networks capped.
Orange and SFR will be capped at three cents, down from 4.3 cents, and
smaller firm Bouygues will be able to charge no more than 3.5 cents
per SMS.
Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding said: "ARCEP
has convincingly shown in its market analysis that there is a monopoly
on the termination of short messages on mobile telephone networks
within France.
"I now ask the French regulator to ensure that the lower wholesale
prices for terminating these SMS messages will finally translate into
lower prices for SMS for all customers. Together with national
regulators, the commission will analyse whether there are similar
competition problems in the wholesale market for SMS termination in
other member states."
With EU support industry watchers expect other countries to follow
France's lead. ...
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| Thomas T. Veldhouse 2006-07-24, 3:33 pm |
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Brilliant .. so the EU (or just France) believe that they can block free
market forces for something as trivial as text messaging? I think people will
just stop using them if the price were to get to high ... so why throttle the
goat?
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| John Navas 2006-07-25, 3:33 pm |
| On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:55:47 -0500, "Thomas T. Veldhouse"
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>Brilliant .. so the EU (or just France) believe that they can block free
>market forces for something as trivial as text messaging? I think people will
>just stop using them if the price were to get to high ... so why throttle the
>goat?
This is about wholesale charges, which are being used in
anti-competitive ways, not retail pricing.
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