The European Commission says the 2.5 billion text messages sent every year by roaming customers in the EU cost over 10 times more than they would have done at home. It's not happy with recent responses from networks and is therefore proposing cuts to the cost of SMS messages sent when abroad. It's also looking to find a solution to excessively high bills from mobile internet usage when roaming. The new measures are expected to be published in the autumn and could become law within 12 months. A price cap of between €0.11 and €0.15 per SMS (about 14p inc. VAT) is being talked about. The Commission has also launched a roaming website to explain the prices currently charged to consumers who use their mobile phone for sending texts or surfing the web in the EU. [Press release]
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