Regulator to Review Minimum Prices for Calls
An official at the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) said Wednesday that the body plans to review and possibly lower the current minimum price per call after it recently ordered the country’s seven mobile phone operators to abide by a law that sets minimum call prices. “We are going to start now and begin studying the market prices. We really have to lower the floor price,” said Lay Marivo, a member of the TRC, but he did not give an estimate of the new minimum price. Currently, the set minimum price for calls made on the same network is 4.5 cents per minute, and for cross-network calls it is 5.95 cents per minute—prices telecommunication executives say is too high. … However, last month, the Council of Ministers approved a directive that allowed the regulator to implement a 2009 law, Prakas 232, which sets the minimum prices of 4.5 cents and 5.95 cents per phone minute, and limits the bonuses to not more than 50 percent and to a limited number of deals per year. Mobile operators were informed of the order last week and told to remove any advertising, products and materials that violate the law by today. …
Joshua Wilwohl and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/regulator-to-review-minimum-prices-for-calls-48616/
