Monday, March 12, 2012

Brazil: to 2018 mobile phone fees down 80%

According to bloomberg reported, the Brazilian national telecommunications administration chief LiBeiLuo (Emilia Ribeiro) recently said, with other countries to reduce fees for the measures for the telecom industry, and enhance the siding competition, to 2018 Brazilian mobile operators fee will decline by 80%.
LiBeiLuo says, if the new cost analysis of mode approved, Brazil cellphone interconnection fees will be from the current 0.48 reais/minutes fell to 0.10 reais (5.6 cents)
Interconnection fees is operators accept rival mobile phone network to call in and the fees charged. Although the cost cuts will lead to the consumer cost reduction, but Brazil the adjustment of the cellphone charges still fall behind in Spain, Mexico and other countries, the two countries interconnection of ink fee has been cut in half.
Brazil one of the four major mobile operators business 2010 a total charge 21.3 billion reais ($11.9 billion) interconnection fees, two-thirds of the Internet and mobile phone charges from with fixed-line interconnected. The government plan and the four operators price negotiations.
Interconnection fees are set up charging projects of Brazil, before mobile operators to help build infrastructure. Now used for subsidies prepaid users, this part of the user accounts for about 80% of cellphone users in Brazil.

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