<p><br /> The price of calling a mobile phone in Britain is set to fall further after Ofcom has proposed cutting the cost operators can charge each other to connect calls on to their network.<br /> </p><p><br /> The cost to networks, known as mobile termination rates, are set in Britain until 2011 and Ofcom had launched a review to examine how they should be set after that period.<br /> </p><p><br /> On Thursday the regulator unveiled plans to cut the rate from around 4.3 pence per minute to 0.5 pence per minute by March 2015.<br /> </p><p><br /> "As rates fall and operators adapt, consumers will benefit from cheaper calls and competition in both the UK fixed telecoms and mobile markets," Ofcom said.<br /> </p><p><br /> The topic has gained prominence in Britain after smallest operator 3 and fixed-line telecom group BT led a campaign to get the rate either cut or dropped entirely.<br /> </p><p><br /> However the proposal is likely to disappoint the larger operators, including Telefonica's O2, Vodafone and the new merged entity from T-Mobile and Orange.<br /> </p><p><br /> The European Commission had urged the British telecoms regulator to impose appropriate price control.<br /> </p>
