On Tuesday Members of the European Parliament finally gave the green light to a ban on roaming charges.
But we’ll have to wait a while before our phone bills come down with the ban not set to come into force until June 15th 2017.
Roaming charges vary enormously between telecoms operators and many mobile phone users have ended up paying exorbitant rates – often without knowing in advance – to make calls, send texts or go online when travelling within the 28-nation European Union.
The extra costs have long been at the centre of a battle between EU officials backed by consumer groups, and mobile operators.
There was anger earlier this year when the European Commission decided to drop plans to abolish roaming charges from 2016 after objections from telcos in smaller member states. Full story...
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But we’ll have to wait a while before our phone bills come down with the ban not set to come into force until June 15th 2017.
Roaming charges vary enormously between telecoms operators and many mobile phone users have ended up paying exorbitant rates – often without knowing in advance – to make calls, send texts or go online when travelling within the 28-nation European Union.
The extra costs have long been at the centre of a battle between EU officials backed by consumer groups, and mobile operators.
There was anger earlier this year when the European Commission decided to drop plans to abolish roaming charges from 2016 after objections from telcos in smaller member states. Full story...
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