EC to Slash Roaming Rates

13 May 2011

The European Commission will outline new plans in the coming weeks to bring European roaming rates in line with national tariffs, EU sources told Reuters.

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Lower Roaming Costs in EU

7 July 2009

As of 1 July, to make a roamed call in another EU country shouldn’t cost more than EUR 0.43 per minute. For receiving calls users should not pay more than EUR 0.19.

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Europe: Reduced Costs for Texting Abroad

23 April 2009

July coming, a text message sent from one EU country to another will cost no more than 0.11 euro, compared to 0.28 today.

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EP: Lower Text and Data Roaming Charges

10 March 2009

The European Parliament (EP) strongly supports the European Commission’s proposals to reduce consumer roaming charges for sending text messages and downloading data in the EU as of 1 July.

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EC Backs Commissioner Reding on Data Caps

2 December 2008

The Council of EU Telecoms Ministers has agreed to force caps on the price of roamed data and text messages, to EUR0.11 and EUR1 per MB respectively, to be introduced in July 2009.

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Source: EC, The Register


INTUG Welcomes European Commission Action on Roaming

26 September 2008

The International Telecommunications Group (INTUG) welcomed this week’s announcement by the European Commission with further action to reduce the excessive pricing of voice, text and data roaming.

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EC to Cut Cost of Texting and Mobile Data Abroad

25 September 2008

Mobile phone users in the EU can expect the cost of sending text messages between EU countries to go down by next year, according to plans from the European Commission (EC).

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Roaming Rates to Become Cheaper in EU

29 August 2008

From 30 August, Europeans traveling within all of the 27 EU member states will pay a little less for making or receiving calls on their cell phones. But text messaging and data usage will remain unjustifiably high, says the European Commission (EC).

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