Eircom introduces 3% rise in prices (Ireland)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobile charges have been raised by Irish operator Eircom by an average of 3% and it has resulted in the outrage from the Consumers’ Association of Ireland (CAI). Eircom has announced that it would start rounding billing for out of bundle” minutes up to the next minute, instead of the current per-second basis.

A flat rate for calls to competing operators O2, Vodafone and Meteor will be introduced by the telco instead of variable fees depending on the operator. The changes will have the cumulative effect of increasing average bills by around 3% while the price hike will affect the company’s 500,000 customers on bundled packages who exceed their allotted minutes.

According to Stephen Benyon, Eircom’s group MD for consumer and small business, the company understands that any price change in the current climate is a concern to people  and a significant portion of its customer base will be unaffected by today’s changes.