The ACM, the rates for fixed and mobile termination determined. The rate that providers may charge for delivering calls to a mobile network drops from 2.4 cents to 1.017 cents per minute. For calls to the fixed line decreases from 0.37 cents to 0.108 cents per minute (excluding VAT rates). The reduction is 1 September 2013 and applies in principle to the entire three-year period. There is no glide slope more. The market will decide until May 27 consulted and subsequently notified to the Commission. Market parties may appeal to the Tribunal. The maximum rate, ACM, in line with European rules, based on the pure-BULRIC-cost methodology. Which reflects the Commission on how best the actual underlying cost of the service. In the previous decision, OPTA also that BULRIC method followed. The Dutch court decided, however, to have a certain margin to allow (BULRIC plus). The gradual decline was therefore milder. The Commission’s decision thereon suspended for investigation, but that did not help. The decision applies to all geographic numbers and some blocks, such as 085 and 088. MTA applies to all 06 numbers and the M2M numbers in the 097-series. 42 large and small providers are regulated. The ACM also imposes obligations on interconnection and access to facilities.

De Consumentenautoriteit, de Onafhankelijke Post en Telecom Autoriteit (OPTA) en de Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit (NMa) zijn samengevoegd tot één nieuwe toezichthouder: Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM).

Mobile United Kingdom The option to call Facebook through an update of the Facebook Messenger app for Android now available in the UK tested. Writes The Next Web. In January it was announced that Facebook VoIP capabilities in the U.S. and Canada is investigating. The calling service is currently in the UK limited to the Facebook Messenger app, not available through the general Facebook app.

Netherlands Entrepreneurs from SMEs speaking newspaper Metro their dissatisfaction with a new maintenance contract that they would be forced by KPN. In the event of a failure at KPN services there should be a separate contract for six euros per month are closed for this fault quickly. A retailer who has a say in Metro, says that after a failure, no internet connection and no longer had mogeljk unit to let customers pins. KPN was for him when the block have put: wait a few days or a separate contract for six euros per month shut, then the fault remedied within a few hours.

KPN shows through a spokesman that with premium contracts with business customers fast trouble shooting is included, but that this in standard contracts is not the case. There must be a separate agreement to be concluded.

Source: Telecompaper