July 12, 2006
EU adopts plan to slash mobile telephone roaming costs
The European Commission has agreed plans plans to slash the costs of using mobile telephones abroad, in the teeth of fierce opposition from the telecommunications industry, reports the AP.
"Under the plans, the commission will fix the wholesale rate that an operator can charge a foreign rival which uses its network on the behalf of a customer travelling abroad.
... The plan has been a flagship for Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding, and her quest to push mobile phone calls down has already forced changes among telecoms operators.
"For years, mobile roaming charges have remained at unjustifiably high levels, in spite of repeated warnings to the industry," she said. "This is why Europe needs to act now."
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