New EU rules to slash mobile phone calls abroad come into force

New rules aimed at slashing the price of mobile phone calls made abroad in the European Union come into effect this week, with EU regulators promising Monday to name and shame non-compliant companies. [via the AFP]

" Mobile phone operators had until midnight Monday to offer the new so-called roaming rates and by September 1 must bring them into effect whether customers request them or not.

An EU commission spokesman said that the mobile phone operators who did not offer the new rates would be named and shamed."

emily | 9:54 AM | European/ZA SMS pricing issues |
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