MSE News: Mobile bills could rise as operator fees treble

Former_MSE_Helen

Ofcom says operators will have to pay a combined annual total of £199.6 million per year for access to the spectrum...

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Mobile bills could rise as operator fees treble




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kpearsoncj

put prices up and break our contracts lol

Ian011

It's about 25p per month per active SIM. Not exactly a huge amount of money.

What were Vodafone's pre-tax profits last year?

System

Were they not given use of the 2G GSM frequencies for nothing?

grumbler

..."annual total ... per year..."

Is it just me?:think:

slink85

kpearsoncj wrote: »

put prices up and break our contracts lol

it would come under legislative change, which isn't a get out of a contract free card, much the same as IPT or VAT were increased.

mobilejunkie

I doubt that. It's an extra overhead for the company, no direct charge for the customer.

michaels

I thought they paid about £30bn to buy this spectrum in the auctions and now they (=we) have to pay rental as well?

Former_MSE_Helen

Thanks grumbler - we've tweaked that.