Re: Cellular Roaming Tariffs

Aug 27, 2006 0 Replies


>>> Can anyone direct me to a PUC tariff on inter-carrier cellular roaming >>> charges?


>> Is there even such a thing as PUC "tariffs" anymore on wireless
>> services? I thought they were completely deregulated and charges were
>> based on your personal contract with the carrier.
>> I know my own contract with my carrier (which is old) offers different
>> roaming areas and charges than newer contracts do of the same carrier.
>> The PUC has nothing to do with it.
> That is correct. State PUCs are explicitly deprived of jurisdiction
> to regulate cellular rates by Section 221(b)(3) of the Communications
> Act, 47 USC 221(b)(3). This is true of both the carrier-consumer
> rates, such as the ones governed by various contracts that may charge
> different rates from contract to contract, and of the
> carrier-to-carrier rates, which are governed by roaming agreements > between carriers.

Well, I guess that applies in US within, what happens in other part of the world? I'm interested on the inter-carrier cellular roaming charges by the regulators in Asia.


Raqueeb Hassan Bangladesh

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