Mobile roaming fees are to be
abolished across EU member states from June 15, 2017 under a
deal reached on Tuesday.
Thereafter, consumers will pay the same price for calls,
texts and mobile data wherever they are travelling in the EU.
The agreement between the European Commission, Council and
Parliament also sees an initial reduction of roaming charges
from April 30 next year.
On that date fees will fall to €0.05 per minute for calls
made, €0.02 per SMS sent and €0.05 per MB of data, excluding
VAT.
This compares to current caps of €0.19, €0.06 and €0.20
respectively.
The agreement, reached after long delays, also introduces
stricter rules on net neutrality and the 'open internet',
"protecting the right of every European to access Internet
content without discrimination", a statement said.
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