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Thu 10 Oct 2008Commission plans further cuts in mobile roaming costs
THE EUROPEAN Commission will force mobile operators to further cut the cost of calls and texts when travelling in Europe but it will be 2011 before it mandates cuts in data roaming charges.
Speaking at a conference in Dublin yesterday, Viviane Reding, Commissioner for the Information Society and Media, said that, despite the price cap introduced last September, there still wasn't proper competition on roaming charges.
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