MOBILE TERMINATION RATES

Early day motion 416, tabled 28 November 2007 by John Robertson (Labour). Signed by 44 members.

That this House believes that mobile consumers in the UK face unnecessarily high call costs and receive complicated price plans which often discourage use; notes that mobile network operators charge each other substantial wholesale prices called Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs); believes the current system therefore hinders competition and stifles innovation; welcomes the fact that one UK mobile operator, 3, has publicly stated its willingness to cease charging MTRs; and calls on all other mobile operators to do likewise and create an MTR-free zone between mobile operators for the benefit of all UK consumers.

Signatures by party: Labour 29, Liberal Democrat 5, Conservative 4, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Scottish National Party 1, UUP 1.