FCC to examine foreign mobile termination fees.(News)

RCR Wireless News, October, 2004

Byline: JEFFREY SILVA The Federal Communications Commission agreed to investigate mobile termination fees charged by foreign wireless carriers and their impact on American consumers, despite past opposition from domestic and overseas wireless firms and uncertainty about the U.S. legal authority to intervene.

FCC officials stressed the inquiry is a fact-finding mission that may not lead to further regulatory action. "It would be great if the market resolves it itself,'' said Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein. While framed in terms of consumerism and competition, the foreign mobile-phone termination fee issue has all the makings of a hot-button political issue for the United States and its trading partners. The issue has been raised by the...

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