Published: 17 Nov 12 13:13 CET | Print version
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German mobile phone bills should shrink significantly from the start of December, as the big four providers were told on Friday to halve the amount they charge customers for mobile calls between networks.
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A Vodafone spokesman said the decision was completely the wrong signal, and would take money from the market which was needed for the expansion of digital infrastructure. '
So how come cheap phone services such as Fonic only charge 9cents per minute for calls to any network? The new reduced charges these companies can still charge are still a rip off. They say they need the money for digital infrastructure expansion. This in translation means they want to charge for future services now and again when they have them up and running. Go and take a run and jump whoever that Vodafone spokesman is.
Way to go Government! Beat the greed out of everyone ripping off people for basic services.
From their perspective (the four companies) "growth" my a@#$! My service not anyone else I know has not changed in 5 years I have been here so I call BS on that.
Flat rate tariffs including all calls in all networks are available in the 30 - 40 Euro / month range from the big guys
There isn't a lot of profit in mobile today. World-wide. Or, to be more precise, nobody is making a lot of profit. The reason Telefonica stated for floating O2 Germany was to help cover a hole in the bank account. However, there is a lot of inefficiency and the regulator is correct in correcting for excessive tariffs caused by having only a limited number of network operators. Now, if only the regulator would do his job when it comes to ensuring coverage of all households with DSL...