Commissie tegen Tsjechisch voorstel voor aanpassing opzegtermijn telecommunicatie wegens nadelen voor consument (en)

The European Commission has expressed serious doubts about a new proposal from the Czech telecoms regulator (CTÚ) regarding termination rates which would negatively affect consumers in the Czech Republic. The prices proposed by CTÚ for certain termination services are twice as high as prices in other countries where proper price setting methodologies are applied. CTÚ has imposed wholesale prices which do not take into consideration next-generation-network based efficient technologies. Termination rates are the rates telecoms networks charge each other to deliver calls between networks, and each operator has market power over access to customers on its own network. These costs are ultimately included in call prices paid by consumers and businesses.