Article: Ofcom consultation on 0870.

M2 PRESSWIRE-2 May 2008-Ofcom: Ofcom consultation on 0870(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Responding to Ofcom's announcement today on Changes to 0870, Consumer Panel Chair Anna Bradleysaid:

"We welcome Ofcom's moves towards ensuring 0870 numbers cost no more than calls to geographic numbers, and increasing call price transparency. The continued high prices of calling 0870 numbers, particularly from mobile phones, remains a shame and a scandal.

"We call on the industry to do the right thing by their customers. They should charge the geographic rate for 0870 calls and include such calls in customer call packages. It is simply unacceptable that ...

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