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Originally Posted by Przemolog
What do you mean by "larger operators"? "Multinational" ones like Voda, T-Mo, Orange or O2?
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Yes, I (or rather, the authors of the petition) definetely meant Vodafone etc.
It is true that international cards are still a niche and mostly non EU based (correct - as I said I hadn't thought about the implications yet). I would add that interconnection fees are mainly an issue for minor national operators. For MVNOs, as far as I know, in Italy the fees are freely negotiated between incumbent operator and virtual operator - so no competition issue involved there.
I guess that should the elimination be made, there might in the long term be a reduction of mobile operators in EU countries (from the current 3/4) - and for sure some serious difficulties for newcomers (maybe even VOIP companies?) - but these are just wild guesses.
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