article_snippet: For years, mobile users have faced extra charges for so-called 'cross-network' calls to friends, family and colleagues who have a different provider.
article_snippet: For years, mobile users have faced extra charges for so-called 'cross-network' calls to friends, family and colleagues who have a different provider .
article_snippet: The main benefit will be to customers making calls from a fixed line, where fees are stubbornly high… so it is particularly good for the elderly.'
article_snippet: Ofcom research has shown that older customers tend to use landlines much more than younger people.
article_snippet: Mobile operators have spent years lobbying to keep the mobile termination rate in place, helping to fatten Mobile operators profits.
article_snippet: A telecoms source said that mobile phone companies would not be able to offer the same level of service if mobile phone companies do not get as much income from customers.
article_snippet: Mobile operators invest billions of pounds in Mobile operators networks.
article_snippet: Landline users have effectively been subsidising mobile users for years.