24.Apr.2003
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Call by Call in Ortsnetz: Information Offering at teltarif.de
On this coming Friday, the 25th of April, the last monopoly in the German telephone market fell: the Ortsnetz. The consumer was not much
able to benefit from the popular Call-by-Call option. With the Call-by-Call option, the caller selects a number sequence, generally 5 characters,
and so directs the call over an alternative provider, instead of Deutsche Telekom.
It's already observable that the consumers will benefit from significant savings, from Friday on. "A short 30 second call to the barber or taxi
company costs just one cent using the sequence 01078 over the provider 3U, instead of the six cents charged by Deutsche Telekom up until
now" per Martin Müller, business leader of the fee-comparing www.teltarif.de. 3U offers local calls in about 1500 local networks, and accounts
for the one second pulse.
Arcor kicks off in about 36 hours, beginning with an offer for local and quasi-local calls. The prices are thereby over those of 3U, but are also
good for conversations to destinations maximally 20 kilometers from the originating point. These conversations are designated quasi-local.
Market experts are still expecting the offers of Tele2 and 01051 Telecom by Friday. Other enterprises have announced they will start in May. (nba) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 24. Apr. 2003, 18:04] [Comments: 0]
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