EU cap data roaming charges
01 Jul 2010 | Filed under: Industry NewsNew EU legislation came into force today to cap data wholesale roaming charges within Europe. The new cap limits the amount operators can charge each other to carry customer’s data traffic while abroad, lowering the price from €1 to €0.80 per megabyte. In addition, all carriers will now have to stop providing data roaming services when users have racked up a total of €50 in charges, the idea being to protect customers from ‘bill shock’ when they return home.
The EU’s digital agenda commissioner, Neelie Kroes, is keen to promote more competition in EU roaming charges, which operators tend to set very close to the legal permitted maximums. These maximum charges are currently under review and the Commission will provide more information about how it intends to ensure increased competition when the results of this review are published in mid-2011.
Source: ZDNet.co.uk
