55% Cheaper Telephones In 2 Years

The prices of telephone calls from a fixed to a mobile phone are expected to decrease by up to 55% in the next two years.The connection between mobile networks is expected to decrease by up to 30%. These are forecasts by Industry Watch in a report of the Bulgarian telecommunications market, HiComm announced.The price decrease depends on the price decrease of the connection between the mobile operators. In mobile networks they are 2,4 times higher than the EU average, the report points out. The operators have a nearly 40% higher price for a phone call to a fixed telephone. The European Commission recommends that the national regulators put a price ceiling and expects up to 70% decrease of prices. The Commission for Message Regulation offers a decrease of 50-46% by 2010.The termination prices (mutual connection) in the mobile networks in Bulgaria are 2,4 times higher than the EU prices on average.Phone services consume 5,5-6% of household expenditures. The benefits for customers frоm the price decrease in the end of 2010 could be 150 million Euro per year. The active SIM cards in Bulgaria are 9,9 million.