EU's Reding seeks to slash cost of text roaming

"Rip off" mobile phone operators will be forced to slash by roughly two-thirds the cost of text messages for people travelling between European Union countries, the European Union bloc's executive arm said on Tuesday, reports Reuters.

"The 2.5 billion text messages sent every year by roaming customers in the EU cost more than 10 times more than domestic short messages (SMS), EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding said in a statement.

"EU citizens should be free to text across borders without being ripped off," she said.

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