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Calls from fixed to mobile cheaper again
Den Haag, 18-11-04
This is the direct consequence of reducing the price for completing calls to the domestic mobile networks. This reduction is a result of the consultations which were held last year between the mobile operators and OPTA (the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority) and the NMa (Netherlands Competition Authority). As a result of these discussions the decision was made to reduce the fees for completing calls to mobile phones in three steps. KPN will be passing on this purchase price reduction directly and completely to the client by reducing the connection fees from fixed to mobile.
The first step was implemented on 1 January 2004 when KPN reduced the fees for calls from fixed to mobile by an average of 20% per minute. The third and last step is expected to follow on 1 December 2005 and will mean an average price reduction for the end user of 11 percent. The price reduction is in line with developments elsewhere in Europe.
The current price reduction per minute, an average of 13.5%, means an average reduction in costs for the customer calling from fixed to mobile of about 12% (the start fee remains unchanged).
