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Tue 03 Mar 2009MEPs back cheaper roaming rates proposal
The European Parliament has given strong support to the European Commission's proposals to reduce roaming charges for sending text messages and downloading data via mobile phones from July onwards.
The Parliament's industry committee voted 21-8 in favour of a proposal yesterday which will see the cost of texting coming down from a current average of 29c to a maximum of 11c, before VAT.
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