The maximum interconnection fees charged by the 50 most significant landline phone operators will be reduced, initially, by 15.5%, from 0.97 eurocents/minute to 0.82 eurocents/minute as of January 1, 2012, and by 18%, to 0.67 eurocents/minute as of July 1, 2012.
The charges will therefore be 31% lower by next year. In addition, they will no longer be differentiated according to the time of day.
On the mobile telephony market, ANCOM has identified six significant operators: Cosmote, Orange, RCS&RDS, Romtelecom, Telemobil and Vodafone. At the moment, each operator charges its own interconnection fees. The authority suggests reducing these fees to 4.25 eurocents/minute as of January 1 and to 3.46 eurocents/minute as of July 1, 2012.
The proposed charges were determined by ANCOM following comparative analyses regarding their level in other European states.
The authority is open to comments on the proposal until September 16, after which it will notify the European Commission.