I had written to Localphone last week and said that in light of the fact the UK mobile carriers were no longer charging extra for calls to Lyca UK, perhaps they were not either and they might want to consider lowering their rates.
I got an email back today informing me that they were lowering the rate to Lyca UK to 14.9 (US) cents per minute, which is now reflected on their website. Orange, Tmobile, and Vodafone are still at 2.9 cents. I would assume that for whatever reason Localphone is paying more than the termination rate shown on the Ofcom site. Perhaps those rates only apply to charges from one mobile carrier to another, and Localphone does not qualify for that rate.
Voipyo (Dellmont) still has Lyca for 1/2 Euro cent per minute. Using Voipyo with Mobilevoip in callback mode becomes insanely cheap - e.g., calling the US would be a half cent per minute plus a 5 cent setup charge (setup only charged using callback mode, not charged for pure voip or calling a local Dellmont number that cross-connects to your destination number.)
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Originally Posted by inquisitor
They definitely get the termination rates, which are as follows:
UK £ 0.0069/min (April 1st, 2013 Ofcom | Regulated prices)
FR € 0.008/min (January 1st, 2013)
ES € 0.0109/min (January 1st, 2013 to be lowered to € 0.0098/min from July 1st, 2013)
SE € 0.017/min
DE € 0.0185/min (4Q2012, disputed by EU Commission EUROPA - PRESS RELEASES - Press Release - European Commission halts German plans to set fixed termination rates 3-times above EU-average)
NO € 0.0265/min
NL € 0.027/min
DK € 0.0309/min
AU A$ 0.06/min (January 1st, 2012, set to fall to A$ 0.036/min from June 2014)
CH CHF 0.0875/min
IE ? (varying termination rates, Lyca not listed)
PL ? (varying termination rates, Lyca not listed)
soure: http://berec.europa.eu/eng/document_...shot-as-_0.pdf
Obviously many carriers charge higher rates for calls to British MVNOs but I cannot find any source confirming that there's a higher termination rate for those.
Given the termination rates above I wonder why toggle does not block calls forwarded to the British number (for which they get the lowest termination fee) but blocks calls forwarded to Swiss toggle numbers which would yield a very high termination rate that can definitly cover the costs even while roaming in other European countries. |