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EU cell phone users to have limited online surfing
Mobile phone operators must now limit how much they charge customers for using the Internet within the European Union, after new rules went into effect Monday. more
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'Tromboning' Fix Enables Operators to Comply With 2010 EU Ruling
..the new EU regulation that comes into effect in July and will prohibit operators from charging roaming customers for redirecting calls into voicemail while on a visiting network. Roamware estimates that European operators will collectively incur more
European Voice and SMS Roaming Costs Have Fallen by 50% Since 2007
A new report from Tariff Consultancy (TCL) says that voice and SMS roaming rates in Europe have halved between 2007 to 2010 due to an EU roaming price cap - but with very few prices applied below the cap. EU mobile roaming data rates are on average 5.4 euro, 5 times the 1 Euro per MB wholesale rate though individual operator data roaming rates vary from below the wholesale cap to more than 10 times the cap rate. more
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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 ¢â€š¬0.11 per SMS compared to the 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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