The termination charges are those amounts which the network operators with each other pay for outgoing calls to another network must. Calls such as contractor pay an A1 to an interview participants of ONE, then the mobilkom austria to ONE per minute 7.64 cents. The billing is done second.
is often used instead of the term termination rates and the English word Interconnection Fees (ICF). The amount of the sums is set in Austria from the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (RTR). As shown in the following table, beginning of 2004 the sums still at ~ 11 to 20Cent, in early 2009, the figures are completely unified to 5.72 cents. But first will take place tomorrow, the next reduction in the ICF. Is most affected by Hutchison 3G, which will receive more than 2cents less per minute. It is therefore not surprising that "3" the collective family SixBack (6Cent per minute from Called a foreign mobile network) is no longer actively promotes.

EU wants to reduce the national ICF: Through this recent and forthcoming reduction in the 2009 ICF Austria in Europe compared one of the lowest termination rates. Only Cyprus, Finland, Sweden and Romania are cheaper here. The demand of the EU Telekomkomissarin Viviane Reding to reduce the ICF Austria does not seem to relate to. By 2011, Reding wants European reach a 70% reduction in the national ICF so as to create a unified European telecommunications market. Final and legally binding, especially that decision has not yet. As always go like it here, the Austrian mobile operator can sit back and relax, because with 5.72 cents you have reached already at a low level of pay.
Links:
- RTR
- about oneself termination fees
- Viviane Reding, EU website