EU reduces roaming charges

Posted March 31, 2006 at 10:24 PM by Adam Berger

Section: Cellphones

I was in Europe last spring and came back completely broke. My losses did have something to do with the less than optimal exchange rates but I have been consistently blaming my cell phone (that rate are astronomical).

EU officials are finally turning up the heat on European carriers. A new proposal would make it free to receive a call when abroad in addition to being charged at “home rates” when making an in-country call. Government figures show that currently, a 4-minute call received from the UK while in Italy results in a steep £3.80 ($6.65) tariff from O2 or £3.04 ($5.32) with Vodafone. The proposal has the support of 25 nations with EU commissioner, Viviane Reding, stating that the new pricing could be in effect by summer of 2007 if the European Parliament and national governments moved quickly.

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