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Peru: Regulator reduces public phone to mobile rates Print E-mail
Thursday, 31 January 2008

Peru's telecommunications regulator Osiptel has ordered a rate reduction for local and national long distance calls from public phones to mobiles starting on February 23.

Local calls made from public phones to mobiles, which used to cost US$ 0.34 for 55 seconds, will now cost US$ 0.17 for 43 seconds. National long distance calls from a public phone to a mobile will cost US$ 0.17 for 42 seconds compared to US$ 0.68 for 65 seconds.

"Osiptel has regulated a price ceiling bearing in mind that a lot of Peruvians use public telephones, many of which are from low-income households," Osiptel said.

According to Osiptel, Peru had 154,137 public phones at the end of September 2007. Outside of Lima, there were 63,965 public phones. At the end of September there were 13.5 million mobile subscribers, 6.2 million of which were outside Lima.

Source: Business News Americas - WDR/Intelecon Regulatory News.