Better deal for fixed line users after TP agrees to cut 'higher than average' margin

Fixed line subscribers will pay less to connect to mobile services (so-called F2M connections). It follows several rounds of hard fought negotiations between the Telecommunications and Post Regulations Office (URTiP), TP and domestic GSM operators to hammer out new tariffs for operators. From October mobile operators will receive zł.0.65 per minute for prime time F2M calls. This represents a major compromise as TP initially proposed to lower the rate from the current zł.0.735 to zł.0.625. It is not clear, however, if the new rates will influence F2M prime time call prices for individual subscribers and it is thought that prices will not change after prime time. TP's policy changed after the company decided to lower its F2M margin, one that was much higher than the EU average. TP will present its new, cheaper tariffs to URTiP this week but subscribers should be patient as they are unlikely to be introduced before November or December. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5) D.W.