Articles tagged with: Mobile Data and Text Message

European Parliament Votes to Approve Cuts on Roaming Charges

The European Parliament, in its plenary session in Strasbourg, has voted to approve new rules on SMS and mobile data charges when roaming. The Parliament also voted for further cuts in the price of mobile phone calls while roaming in another EU country. The present cap for a mobile phone call made abroad will progressively drop from EUR0.46 to EUR0.35 per minute by July 2011, and from EUR0.22 today to EUR0.11 for mobile calls received while roaming abroad.   more

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EU Plans to Cut Roaming SMS Costs

The 2.5 billion text messages sent every year by roaming customers in the European Union cost over 10 times more than domestic short messages (SMS) - claims figures released by the European Commission. The average cost of a roaming text message in the EU between October 2007 and March 2008 was €0.29 according to the European RegulatorsÃ' Group (ERG), but can be as high as €0.80 for travellers from Belgium.  more

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Ease-of-Use Outranks Price as Key Barrier to Mobile Data Usage

Service Adoption Management (SAM) vendor, Olista has published a report on key issues encountered by mobile users in accessing mobile content in the last quarter of 2007. The findings are based on statistical information gleaned from monitoring over eleven million mobile users across five different mobile operators using Olista's SAM platform, and hundreds of millions of usage events.  more

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EU Sets July Deadline for Data Roaming Cuts

BARCELONA -(Dow Jones)- European mobile phone operators must cut how much they charge customers for sending texts or downloading data while traveling abroad by July 1 or incur regulation, the European Union's telecommunications commissioner warned Monday.  more

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