LOWER FIXED-TO-MOBILE PRICES EXPECTED IN 2005 IN PORTUGAL.

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The price of fixed-to-mobile calls in Portugal is expected to fall by almost 10% in 2005 at the request of sector regulator, the National Communications Authority (ANACOM), and according to its announcement on January 4. The 10% price cut for calls from a fixed line to a mobile phone is possible due to "a fall in the price of transporting a callo as well as "extending the non-peak period billing rate by almost two hours" per day, ANACOM explains. The price for transporting a call from a fixed line to a mobile phone, or so-called call terminating, is the price paid by the fixed line operator of the caller to the mobile operator of the...