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Articles tagged with: Viviane Reding and Roaming
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
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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Europe Votes to Reduce Roaming SMS and Mobile Data Costs
Yesterday evening the European Parliament, through a vote in its Industry 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 the EU do not have to pay more than €0.11 per roamed SMS in the EU (excluding VAT) - a proposal endorsed yesterday by the Parliament's lead Committee on the new roaming legislation. At present, SMS roaming charges in the EU are on average €0.28 per roamed SMS and can go up to over €0.80 in some countries. more
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Belgacom - Regulatory Intervention Takes the Shine off a Good Operational Performance
BelgacomÃ's Q3 financial report shows reduced revenues, reduced EBITDA and reduced profit, whether at the operating, pre-tax or after tax level. The 2.6% drop in revenue (to €1,473m) became -4.7% at the EBITDA line (€503m) and this continued on down the P&L, with operating profit 6.0% lower and pre-tax off 8.1% at €285m and €215m respectively. more
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European Commission Proposes New Cuts on Roaming SMS and Data Costs
European mobile phone users can expect the cost of sending text messages from abroad in the 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. more
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Regulatory Changes Could Drive 40 Million Europeans to Ditch their Mobile Phone
A report commissioned by Vodafone claims that some 40 million Europeans would ditch their mobile phone if US-style billing comes to the EU where a mobile phone user has to pay to receive phone calls. The submission to the European Commission, seen by the Financial Times is in response to proposals from the European Commissioner for Telecoms, Viviane Reding. more
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EU Voice Call Roaming Price Caps Come into Effect Next Week
At the end of this month, it will become cheaper to make or receive calls while travelling in the European Union (EU) as new regulatory price caps come into effect. These price reductions are the 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). 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
(Adds reaction from mobile operators.) 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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