The matter referred to relates to an investigation taken by the EU Commission into the wholesale rates charged by O2 and Vodafone to mobile network operators of other countries, to permit roaming on the O2 and Vodafone networks by mobile phone users who were visiting the UK from other countries. The scale of the wholesale rates naturally impacts on prices charged to retail consumers. This issue would have impacted on mobile phone users of different nationalities visiting the UK, including Irish mobile phone users. The preliminary findings were made in relation to O2 and Vodafone in the UK by the European Commission in July 2004. The probe is ongoing. I await with interest the outcome of the probe.
However, it is important to understand that the probe relates to rates charged in the UK by UK operators. ComReg or I do not have any jurisdiction in this matter. Any remedies arising from the outcome of the probe would be a matter for the European Commission, Vodafone and O2.