European ruling set to cut cost of using mobile phones abroad

The cost of using a mobile abroad could be cut by up to 20 times under proposed new EU rules, it emerged last night, reports The Guardian.

"Viviane Reding, EU telecoms commissioner, said in Paris that she planned to issue a draft regulation in April that would require international roaming charges to be no higher than the cost of using another operator's network while the user was still in their home country. The rules should come into effect next year."

emily | 7:45 AM | European/ZA SMS pricing issues |
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