Ministers back roaming charge cut
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EU telecoms ministers back rules that cut the charges for using mobile phones abroad.
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Are you local? Review Mobile phone roaming costs have long being a rip off that has hit business travellers hard. Taking a lead from the extortionate prices hotels charged for overseas calls, mobile telcos have long charged way over the odds.â¦
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CALLS for an all-Ireland mobile phone tariff were made yesterday after plans to slash cross-border roaming charges by up to 70 per cent were backed by EU ministers.   Millions of mobile phone users across 27 member states will benefit from the new rules adopted by the EU Telecoms Council.
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By Alastair Jamieson Consumer Affairs Correspondent  PRICE cuts could be on the way for mobile phone customers after the telecoms watchdog ordered more restrictions on call charges and promised to investigate the cost of text messaging.
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Ruled not to be uncompetitive The much-awaited Euro Tariff cap for mobile phone roaming took one more step towards becoming law today, with approval from the EU ministers in charge of competitiveness.â¦
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Transport Minister Stephen Ladyman insists the government will win over critics of road-toll proposals.
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Depending where you're roaming T-Mobile has cut by more than half charges for business customers who transmit data over its mobile networks in countries where it operates its own network.â¦
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EU telecommunications ministers backed on Thursday rules slashing the cost of cross-border mobile phone calls by up to 70 percent, lifting the last political hurdle to their application.
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Business & money: Consumer group Which? calls for ban on mobile phone cashback deals
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Business & money: Â·  EC looks at forcing down price of mobile roaming Â·   Worries over high costs  for business
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European Union ministers adopted on  Thursday rules that will slash the price of making cell phone  calls abroad in the 27-member bloc, after a year of wrangling  and heated debate, the EU's German presidency said.
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Just looking after their mates Documents exposed by The Times show that the UK's Labour government worked tirelessly to try and prevent the EU capping mobile phone roaming rates, a move which cost the industry millions.â¦
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Mobile firms feel pain yet again Europe's highest court has ruled that the huge amounts telcos paid for their 3G licences didn't include VAT, so there's no opportunity for the companies to reclaim Â£3.3bn quid from the treasury.â¦
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Defra was to let councils charge for collections but Downing Street killed plan, reports say.
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Women ministers back proposals intended to curb the demand for prostitution.
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Details of MPs travel expenses are published following a two-year battle with Commons authorities.
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(InfoWorld) - The European Union's 27 governments gave the final OK Thursday to a law that will slash the cost of using a mobile phone abroad by around 70 percent, the German government said. By the end of this month mobile phone operators will have to offer subscribers a capped rate for phoning or receiving calls while outside their own countries. In the first year, roaming tariffs will be capped at â¬0.49 ($0.66) a minute for making calls abroad and â¬0.24 for receiving them. It will fall to â¬0.46 and â¬0.22 in the second year and â¬0.43 and â¬0.19 in the third, respectively. A rear-guard action by the U.K. in defense of mobile phone operators petered out and British Industry Minister Margaret Hodge was convinced to support theÂ compromise packageÂ put forward by the European Parliament. Mobile phone operators haveÂ lobbied hard to avert the law, which they see as unnecessary and harmful to competition. German Economy Minister Michael Glos was chairing the meeting because Germany currently holds the six-month rotating presidency of the EU. He will announce the agreement reached Thursday morning at a press conference at 3 p.m. CET (1 p.m. GMT). Â