BERLIN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Germany's BNetzA network
regulator on Monday said it had annulled a charge Vodafone
imposes on other providers if clients decide to keep
their previous phone number, a move that could also affect other
telecoms operators in Germany.
The regulator said that it had set a new maximum threshold
for the costs operators are allowed to charge on each other if
clients carry on their numbers and that Vodafone's prices were
too high. It has thus lowered the charge.
"The now imposed prices have been determined through a
Europe-wide comparison," the regulator said, adding that all
telecoms providers needed to comply with the new price limit.
BNetzA will also start to review charges providers seek to
pass on to costumers, with significant price cuts to be
expected, it added.
(Reporting by Tassilo Hummel, editing by Riham Alkousaa)
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