Ofcom failing both the consumer and industry while mobile networks continue blatant NGN rip off
Tuesday 31st January 2012
Why Ofcom has to act now on the pricing scandal which is non-geographic numbers Brian Hudson of Performance Telecom has had enough of the mobile networks’ greed and Ofcom’s paralysis. In this article he outlines his own solution to the rip-off which Ofcom does nothing about and which the mobile networks protect since it’s their cash cow. Blatant overcharging by mobile networks to call non-geographic numbers has been allowed to carry on for over a decade. Many millions of pounds have been spent by mobile networks fighting attempts from Ofcom to address this issue, leaving the market in a state of paralysis and the consumer confused, out of pocket and generally unable to decipher how much they will pay to call any given 08 or 09 number from any variety of communications providers and a plethora of call tariff’s. One of the key arguments mobile networks use to keep prices high is that they carry a significant debt risk in transiting 08 calls, a fact which was recently repeated to me and my industry colleagues by Dr Steven Miller of Ofcom. So I asked him a few questions: 1.How can a call to an 0800 number present a debt risk since it is free to connect that call to the host network? To read the full article click here For Further comment on this article contact us at media@performancetelecom.co.uk or on 0330 303 4100 To To
