Interconnection Pricing
Interconnect pricing structures are not clear for Laos but experience in other countries shows variations can distort service provision. This is particularly significant where termination rates are different depending on the origin of the call. For example, if a call that originates on a “fixed service” is terminated onto a mobile network for (say)US$0.02 while a call that originates on a mobile network is terminated on another mobile network for US$ 0.04. This arrangement encourages operators of mobile networks to provide services using mobile networks but to designate them as fixed services. Resolution of this issue is in the interconnect regime, however it does impact the use of numbers.