Mobile phone roaming charges to be slashed
Even though the European Union has attracted significant criticism over the years, there is no doubt that the ongoing onslaught against mobile network providers across the world has been of great assistance to consumers. A recent EU ruling will see the cost of overseas phone calls fall by up to 60% over the next two years with stage one come into play on 1 July.
Just in time for the peak holiday season the average price of a text will fall from 25p to just under 10p on 1 July and there will be a significant reduction in the cost of phone calls. It was interesting to see that Vodafone took the lead and announced the abolishment of roaming charges ahead of the EU ruling D-Day, attracting significant positive press comment. However, there is still much work to be done with regards to the cost of Internet connectivity via your mobile phone, the transfer of data and other mobile phone services.
It will be interesting to see how the mobile network operators respond to the changes after 1 July as they will still need to maintain their profitability and no doubt hit consumers in the pocket in other ways.
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