Post Office joins campaign to reduce cost of mobile calls
Added: 22/07/2009 Reporter: Peter James
Royal Mail's Post Office division has announced that it is to back a campaign calling for the cost of phoning a mobile to be slashed.
Post Office Telecoms is now an official Terminate the Rate partner, with BT and 3 UK also jumping on the bandwagon.
They are urging mobile phone providers to reduce the high charges levied when a call to a mobile is connected.
Martin Moran, head of telephony at the Post Office, commented: "The Post Office continually strives to offer the best deals possible to customers; in fact our HomePhone service offers free calls at weekends to mobiles and several international destinations.
"Value for money and transparency of charges to customers are at the heart of Post Office telephony services which is why we are supporting this campaign."
A Mobile Termination Rate or MTR for calls from a mobile to a different mobile operator's number or landline is charged at almost 5p per minute.
