The two companies, owned by Greek telecom group OTE, said a steep cut into termination rates, given a very competitive market where prices offered to end users are already among the lowest in Europe, may have a significant impact in the long run on the telecom industry and the market as a whole, which will not necessarily benefit consumers.
Romania’s telecom regulator ANCOM has proposed a drastic cut in maximal interconnection rates as of January 1, 2014, from EUR0.307/minute to EUR0.086/minute for mobile calls and from EUR0.067/minute to EUR0.015/minute for landline calls.