European Union lawmakers voted for steeper cuts to mobile phone roaming charges on Tuesday in a move that defied calls by the chief executives of Vodafone and France Telecom for a moratorium on revenue-hitting telecoms regulation.Politicians from the European Parliament agreed to lower the cost of making phone calls when abroad by up to two-thirds within two years, going further than a proposal initially floated by the European Commission last summer.To read this Reuters report in full, see:
www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/28/eu-roaming-idUSL5E8DS5RF20120228Also see:MEPs back cheaper European data-roaming rates
European lawmakers have backed a heftier cut to the cost of data roaming than set out by EU regulators, after recommending proposals that could go to a general European Parliament vote within months.The Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) approved draft legislation on Tuesday that, if passed, would cap data-roaming charges and set lower roaming price caps for calls and SMS texts than proposed by the European Commission.
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