EU probes mobile phone call costs
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The amount consumers are charged for making mobile phone calls while abroad is to be investigated by EU regulators.
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Operators say operators should set prices Mobile World Congress EU telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding has warned mobile executives in Barcelona today that she will impose caps on roaming charges for data and text messaging if they do not cut prices by 1 July.â¦
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German Economy Minister Michael Glos called on Wednesday for a Europe-wide regulation on the so-called &quot;roaming fees&quot; charged by mobile telecom operators for telephone calls made in a foreign country.
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EU governments agreed to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad Thursday, paving the way for a cap on roaming fees later this summer.
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Passengers could soon be using their mobile phones on planes flying through European airspace.
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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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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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Making a call from a BT pay phone will cost a minimum of 40p from November, the telecoms giant says.
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Mobile phone operators must  act before July 1 to avoid the European Union imposing lower  prices for texting or surfing the Web via mobile phones when  abroad, the bloc's top telecoms regulator said on Monday.
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Mobile phone operators face a new attack on their revenue in Europe after the UK telecoms regulator expressed concern about "extremely high" prices paid by consumers and business people for web surfing on their mobiles while abroad.
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Mobile phone companies in Europe must start offering cheaper rates to their customers using phones abroad.
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After forcing Europe's mobile  operators to cut rates for making and receiving phone calls  abroad, the European Union's top telecoms regulator has set her  sights on prices for downloading and surfing the Web  wirelessly.
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Vodafone said Monday that it remained interested in acquisitions in France, eastern Europe, Asia and Africa as the mobile phone company detailed cost cuts that it expects will reach an annual Â£2.
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A cap on roaming fees is to be introduced later this summer.   The legislation means that callers will have better information on hidden charges they face when they make calls from another part of the EU.
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European Union ministers adopted on  Thursday rules that will slash the price of making mobile 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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Mobile phone companies will on Thursday launch a last-ditch lobbying effort over a European Union plan to force them to slash the cost of international calls by up to 70 per cent.
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Apple's iTunes is referred to the European Commission on the grounds that it over-charges UK customers.