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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7893199" data-attributes="member: 92282">The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission today  set minimum prices for mobile phone calls.  Commission chief Anusha Palpita set a floor price of two rupees for  outgoing calls for all mobile networks from tomorrow.   According to the commission, the lowest current tariff is 25 cents per  minute.   “Last year, the mobile industry lost 23 billion rupees,” Palpita was  quoted as saying in news reports.    He added that it was the first loss for the cellular industry since  mobile phones were introduced in 1989.   “Excessive price wars between operators are partly to blame for this  mess. We are putting in floor prices at the request of operators to  reduce the losses,” he said.   Sri lanka's 15-million user mobile market is mainly shared between  Malaysia's Dialog Axiata, Dubai's Etisalat, Mobitel Lanka, Hong Kong's  Hutchison Whampoa and India's Bharti Airtel.   Palpita said the losses made it difficult to invest in new technologies  for network expansion and broadband services.Sundaytimes</blockquote>

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