http://www.ofcomwatch.co.uk/2007/03/excellent-ofcom-action-on-mobile-call-termination-but-the-regulator-should-do-more/ blogging the uk's media and communications regulator - ofcom Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:34:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.ofcomwatch.co.uk/2007/03/excellent-ofcom-action-on-mobile-call-termination-but-the-regulator-should-do-more/comment-page-1/#comment-17021 purple motes » the big picture for voice call termination Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:36:34 +0000 http://www.ofcomwatch.co.uk/2007/03/excellent-ofcom-action-on-mobile-call-termination-but-the-regulator-should-do-more/#comment-17021 [...] Requiring communication providers who offer voice communication to accept voice communication from others at no charge to those others would help to deflate revenue from basic voice communication. One technical description of this sort of interconnection regime is "bill and keep". Discussion of bill-and-keep has tended to focus on inter-carrrier compensation (pie splitting or money-routing) rather than on more important issues of industry structure. Regulation of mobile voice call termination rates has much broader implications for communication service users than pass-through of termination rate reductions or the particular circumstances of mobile voice calls. Regulation that supports per minute pricing of voice communication through the year 2011 does little to foster important communications possibilities that are already clearly visible. [...] [...] Requiring communication providers who offer voice communication to accept voice communication from others at no charge to those others would help to deflate revenue from basic voice communication. One technical description of this sort of interconnection regime is “bill and keep”. Discussion of bill-and-keep has tended to focus on inter-carrrier compensation (pie splitting or money-routing) rather than on more important issues of industry structure. Regulation of mobile voice call termination rates has much broader implications for communication service users than pass-through of termination rate reductions or the particular circumstances of mobile voice calls. Regulation that supports per minute pricing of voice communication through the year 2011 does little to foster important communications possibilities that are already clearly visible. [...]

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