premium-rate

adj

(Telecommunications) Brit (relating to telephone calls) charged at a higher than standard rate

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Translations

premium-rate

[ˈpriːmɪəmˌreɪt] ADJ (Telec) → con aplicación de la máxima tarifa

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premium-rate

adj (Telec) call → zum Höchsttarif; premium-rate telephone numbers → Telefonnummern pl, → die man zum Höchsttarif anrufen kann; premium-rate services → Leistungen pl, → für die man den Höchsttarif bezahlen muss

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BUSINESSES that offer customer service phone lines face the prospect of court action if they don't scrap premium-rate numbers by the June 13 deadline, leading North East telecoms expert Mike Odysseas has warned.

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PREMIUM-rate telephone lines earned the Department for Transport PS2.5 million over the past two years, new figures have revealed.

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HOMEOWNERS are being warned of a parcel scam which dupes people into calling a premium-rate phone number.

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Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom yesterday announced proposals to toughen regulations for participation TV shows after premium-rate phone-in scandals.

Tough new rules for premium rate phone-ins

BROADCASTING watchdog Ofcom plans to toughen rules for taking part in TV shows following a number of premium-rate phone-in scandals.

New curbs on TV phone-ins

A separate report by management consultancy Mott MacDonald Schema found that 89 per cent of people who have used premium-rate phone-in services have lost confidence in them.

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A force spokesman said there were concerns the message was a bid to dupe into dialling a premium-rate number.

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Broadcaster itv said today it had seen a sharp fall in the amount of money it takes from premium-rate quiz and game show phone-ins.

Allegations hit phone-ins

Tougher laws may be brought in against TV broadcasters who unfairly exploit viewers with premium-rate phone-ins, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said today.

TV calls move

ENERGY provider British Gas has been fined pounds 5,000 for keeping customers on hold for an "unreasonable amount of time" on a premium-rate number.

Phone calls fine

TV companies who dupe viewers over the number of people calling in were criticised yesterday by the premium-rate phone lines watchdog.