[eccr] EU commissioner vows action on mobile phone charges

Mario Monti, the European competition commissioner, on Tuesday pledged
to root out anti-competitive practices by telecommunications operators
across Europe over the next few months.

According to Monti, the Commission's investigation into the prices
charged by German and UK mobile phone operators for 'roaming' - calls
made outside the consumers' home market - will yield results before the
end of the year. 

Monti added that by the end of the year the Commission would decide on
what action to take to force some telecoms companies to open up to
rivals the 'local loop' - the last mile to the customers' homes.

On call termination charges - paid by fixed-line operators to mobile
phone companies to complete a call - Monti said he expected to announce
'concrete steps' before the summer.

Financial Times - February 26, 2002
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3L64B36YC&liv
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