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'Yes' vote for roaming text message price cap
News The new rules, which will come into force on 1 July, also call for voice-roaming charges to drop further, beyond the caps that were brought into force in 2007. The cost of sending text messages and... [23 Apr 2009]
Europe gives nod to €1 price cap for data roaming
News From July 2009, the wholesale per-megabyte rate for roaming mobile-data use across Europe will be capped at €1 plus VAT. Roaming text-message charges will be capped, from 1... [26 Mar 2009]
Cheaper texts abroad? European Parliament says 'yes'
News A proposal for a European Union cap on roaming charges for text messages and data use on mobile phones has moved closer to reality after passing a key committee vote. The Commission wants to see consumers pay no more... [12 Mar 2009]
Social networks will help your business, says Brussels
News In July 2007 the Commission warned mobile operators they could be forced to cut data-roaming charges. Reding said it was "crucial" to release spectrum for high-speed wireless internet and added that the... [05 Feb 2009]
EC calls for more cuts on the cost to roam
News It proposed a retail cap of €0.11 excluding VAT on roaming text messages, combined with a €0.04 cap at wholesale level, to be introduced by 1 July 2009.silicon.com Classics The European Commission is... [24 Sep 2008]
Mobile roaming in Europe gets cheaper
News The European Commission is set to shave a few euro cents off its 'Eurotariff' roaming rate cap, which puts a limit on the amount operators can charge customers for making or receiving calls when abroad in the European... [29 Aug 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Earlier this year, Reding warned the industry it had until 1 July to make credible, voluntary price cuts in this area - and to cut costs and improve pricing clarity for data roaming - or it would face... [16 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News R is for Roaming On 23 July another WiMax provider, OrbitalNet, will also be extending its coverage to businesses in Folkestone, Kent. The provider announced it would be rolling out the technology to... [10 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, for the mobile industry to voluntarily reduce the price of data roaming and sending text messages when abroad in... [02 Jul 2008]
T-Mobile UK slashes Euro data roaming costs
News T-Mobile has announced it is reducing roaming charges by 80 per cent for consumers from 1 July - cutting the cost of downloading a megabyte of data via a mobile, USB dongle or data card from £7.50 to £1.50. [20 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News Earlier this year, the European Commission's information society and media commissioner, Viviane Reding, called for "a credible but also doable price reduction by the whole industry on a voluntary basis before 1 July" -... [11 Jun 2008]
Orange cuts voice and data roaming costs
News Earlier this year, the European information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding threatened the mobile industry with regulation if it did not voluntarily reduce the costs of mobile data roaming by 1... [20 May 2008]
Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008
Photo Photo credit: Natasha Lomas and stands on stairs in the foyer outside to reply to a journalist's question on data roaming charges. The industry has until 1 July to voluntarily reduce charges for mobile... [18 Feb 2008]
Why pay more abroad? EU demands mobile roaming cuts
News The European Union (EU) has threatened to introduce regulation if mobile operators fail to bring down mobile data roaming costs voluntarily by July this year. But she warned the EU would consider... [11 Feb 2008]
O2 cuts price for surfing abroad
News The European Commission, which last year scored a victory over operators when it forced them to cut their voice charges for roaming customers, had warned in July that data and SMS... [15 Jan 2008]
