”Government action is required” for international-roaming prices to continue...
"Government action is required” for international-roaming prices to continue to drop between New Zealand and Australia, governments from those countries said Thursday following “a joint investigation” into mobile roaming charges. The ITU and others have said the December World Conference…
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on International Telecommunications would likely address pricing for international mobile roaming. Australia, during meetings within the ITU and the World Trade Organization, has favored efforts to boost transparency. The draft report (xrl.us/bnm2kj) outlined seven options for tackling the problem: (1) wait and see; (2) retail unbundling; (3) mobile local-access services; (4) price caps; (5) regulated terms of access, with or without pass-through requirements; (6) pricing transparency; (7) empowering regulators to investigate and to intervene where necessary by choosing from the regulatory measures set out in the previous options calling for action. The report also outlined three additional options on interventions to tackle wholesale issues, and two targeting retail issues. Comments on the draft report are due Sept. 27.