British telecoms regulator Ofcom on Wednesday proposed further cuts in mobile termination rates – the charges operators impose to connect calls across networks – in a move that could lead to cheaper bills for consumers. Mobile termination rates have already fallen drastically, down 80 percent since 2011 from about 4 pence a minute to 0.8 pence. A decade ago, termination rates, which apply to calls from landlines as well as mobiles, were about 14 pence a minute. Ofcom said a new mobile charge control, applying to all operators, would see rates fall slightly further, to less than half a penny per minute by April 2017 in real terms.
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