The EU's (European Union) 27 governments approved a law that will cut the roaming charges associated with using mobile phones abroad by around 70 percent By the end of June, 2007, 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,0.49 (US$0.66) a minute for making calls abroad and,0.24 for receiving them. It will fall to,0.46 and,0.22 in the second year and,0.43 and,0.19 in the third, respectively.

Mobile phone operators have lobbied hard to avert the law, which they see as unnecessary and harmful to competition.

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