Termination fees makes up 15 percent of an operator's sales and profit
Operators, which generate about 80 percent of their revenue from voice services, want to hinder a new downward price spiral. Revenue from termination fees makes up 15 percent of an operator's sales and profit, said Jacques de Greling, an analyst at Natixis, a Paris bank.
In January, the Belgian telecommunications regulator proposed lowering mobile termination rates to 1.07 cents by January 2013 from almost 9 cents now.
TECHNOLOGY
Mobile Fees Under Pressure With Network Rollout
By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN
Published: March 15, 2010
The introduction of faster Long-Term Evolution networks could lower costs for operators and potentially unleash a new price war in the industry in Europe.