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Melita Mobile pt2

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This is what Melita Mobile promised in order to lure you But the truth is this - just six days after Melita Mobile launched: FRIDAY, 6TH FEBRUARY 2009 No. 0179 NOTICE BY THE CONSUMER AND COMPETITION DIVISION The Consumer and Competition Division wishes to inform the general public that the advertisement and the promotion in relation to the new mobile service launched by Melita plc would appear to contain elements that might potentially mislead consumers. Advertisements state that the rates are "Up to 30% cheaper". The situation that a full minute is charged for a call lasting even a few seconds for the first minute would seem to lend itself to confusion from the part of consumers. This would eventually lead the consumer to take a transactional decision which he would not have taken otherwise. The note in small print that "Calls are on a per second basis after the first minute" does not to seem to be clear enough for the average consumer to take an informed decisio...