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Articles tagged with: Roaming and European Commission
Court adviser says EU roaming cap law is valid
The EU was entitled to cap roaming rates in 2007 as network operators pocketed huge profits but resisted less drastic ways to cut the sky-high costs of using mobile phones in Europe, the EU advocate general said Thursday. more
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European Parliament Votes to Approve Cuts on Roaming Charges
..nary 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 mob more
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Europe Votes to Reduce Roaming SMS and Mobile Data Costs
..ustry Committee, gave strong support to the European Commission's proposals to reduce consumer roaming charges for sending text messages and downloading data in the EU. The Commission proposed in September 2008 to make sure that consumers in th more
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Ryanair Offers In-Flight Phone Calls
..ir flights. Passengers on Ryanair's 20 OnAir enabled aircraft can now make and receive roaming voice calls at between €2-€3 per minute - which is considerably higher than the recommended levels from the European Commission. The service will ini more
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European Commission Proposes New Cuts on Roaming SMS and Data Costs
..EU to be much cheaper next summer. The European Commission has proposed to reduce the price of roaming text messages by 60% as of 1 July 2009. EU citizens travelling in other EU countries should pay no more than €0.11 per SMS compared to th more
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Regulatory Changes Could Drive 40 Million Europeans to Ditch their Mobile Phone
..r Telecoms, Viviane Reding. Ms Reding has lead a long standing campaign against roaming charges imposed by the operators when customers travel around Europe. The Commission warned in June that price regulation of termination markets across Euro more
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EU May Stop Mobile Operators Charging Per Minute
..ived, Selmayr added. Meanwhile as part of its wider rules on mobile roaming, the prices of making and receiving calls while abroad are coming down again from the beginning of September, the commission said. The price ceiling for making calls wh more
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EU Voice Call Roaming Price Caps Come into Effect Next Week
..e result of the EU Roaming Regulation, proposed by the European Commission in 2006 to curb the roaming charges consumers had to pay for roaming calls (on average €1.15 per minute at the time). The EU Roaming Regulation which will expire i more
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INTERVIEW: EU Reding: Telcos Must Cut Data Roaming Fees More
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- European mobile phone operators must continue to cut data roaming charges and ensure customers are properly informed of them, European Union Communications Commissioner Viviane Reding said in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires this week. more
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UPDATE: EU Plans Law to Cut Cost of Text Messaging Abroad
..the average price of SMS roaming services in the E.U. has declined by 18% in the last year," said Tom Phillips of the global trade group for the mobile industry, GSMA. The proposal "threatens to choke growth and stifle competition,&quo more
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