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Measure or prohibit different rates for cell phone calls

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SAO PAULO - Mr Antonio Carlos Chamariz (PTB-AL) introduced the House of Representatives proposal that matches the rates of calls between numbers of different operators, charged by mobile phone companies.

Typically, connections from one carrier to another leaving more expensive for consumers. The Bill 5.301/09 want to end this difference. "If the proposal is approved, operators will be obliged to charge the same price for calls made within and outside the network," said the deputy, according to the Agency Board.

The project will be analyzed by the Consumer Protection, Science and Technology, Communication and Computing, and Constitution and Justice and Citizenship.

Operational issues
The difference between the rates is due to the fact that operators need another network to complete the connection. The company has to use a competitor's network, which charges an interconnection fee to the operator which he left the connection. The operational cost is passed on to the customer.

Portability has changed this situation, because now the User can not tell the operator that owns the number dialed. Thus, if the number is of another company, he will pay more dearly for the link, without knowing it.

In this sense, Chamariz believes that portability has created a distortion in the market. "The project seeks to correct that."

Punishments
The measure also provides that if the operator fails to comply the proposed rule, they will be subject to warning, fines and temporary suspension of certain services by Law 9472/97, which organized the telecommunications service in Brazil


Source: InfoMoney

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