Articles tagged with: Mobile Data and Viviane Reding

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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High Prices and Lack of Transparency Cause Anxiety for Data Roaming Users

Use of mobile data services within European countries is growing much faster than cross border data roaming services, concludes a study carried out for the European Commission. The report says that this is because mobile operators are introducing aggressive retail rates to compete with existing broadband offers.  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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