NHH to impose 20% cut in mobile termination fees from February 2007

The Hungarian telecoms watchdog the National Communications Authority (NHH) has announced plans to reduce mobile termination fees by as much as 20%, effective from February 2007, writes online news portal Interfax. The cuts in call termination fees form part of wider plans to trim rates by between 40% and 50% to a uniform HUF16.84 (USD0.08) by January 2009. T-Mobile Hungary will have to cut its charges by 14.7% as of 2 February, and implement a similar reduction in January 2008 and 2009 respectively. Pannon, owned by Telenor of Norway, faces an annual cut of 17%, while Vodafone’s local subsidiary will have to drop its termination fees by 19.8%.