With publication, on 7 May 2009, of the EC Recommendation on the regulatory treatment of fixed and mobile termination rates in the EU, NRAs are required to calculate the efficient costs of providing the termination service (fixed or mobile), essentially based on a bottom-up modelling approach that uses the LRIC as the relevant methodology for calculating costs.
In view of the implementation of the Recommendation on the costing model for the service of voice call termination on individual mobile networks, by determination of 23 February 2012, ICP-ANACOM approved: i) the report of the prior hearing and general consultation conducted on the draft decision on the wholesale markets of voice call termination on individual mobile networks - specification of the obligation to control prices; and ii) notification of the draft decision to the EC, to BEREC and to the NRA of other EU Member States.
Examining the notification, the EC, sent a request for additional clarification, which was answered. The EC subsequently submitted no comments. In this respect, by determination of 30 April, approval was given to the final decision on the wholesale markets of voice call termination on individual mobile networks - specification of the obligation to control prices, entailing a reduction in the maximum price of the wholesale mobile termination services from 0,035 euros to 0.0127 euros by 31 December 2012, as detailed in Section 3.2.
Finally, in order to take the content of the EC Recommendation into account as regards the termination service on fixed communications networks, ICP-ANACOM launched a public tender (published internationally) for the development and implementation of the LRIC model. The tender was awarded in February 2013.
