"EU cracks down on mobile charges"

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John Navas - 29 Mar 2006 00:32 GMT

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4851730.stm>

Mobile phone users could pay less for making calls from abroad to
their country of origin, under proposals put forward by the European
Commission.

The Commission said it would draft a law to crack down on
"unjustified" high charges for using mobile phones abroad.

The proposals seek to scrap all roaming charges for receiving a call
when travelling abroad in the EU.

They also aim to make the cost of calls made abroad the same as those
made in the user's country of origin.

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tom glaab - 29 Mar 2006 16:30 GMT

> The proposals seek to scrap all roaming charges for receiving a call
> when travelling abroad in the EU.

Since the carriers still have to pay for the calls and the
interconnects, my guess is that either a lot of roaming agreements get
terminated or everybody's rates go up in order to cover the roamers.
Life is great when the government knows best ;-)

tg.

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