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Europe reduces cap on voice-roaming prices
The European Commission has lowered the price ceiling for roaming voice calls.
Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding announced on Friday that starting August 30 the price cap for roaming calls on mobile phones would be reduced from 0.49 euros (72 cents) to 0.46 euros per minute (excluding value-added tax) for making a call, and from 0.24 euros to 0.22 euros per minute (excluding VAT) for receiving a call, while in another EU country.
The price reductions are due to the EU's Roaming Regulation, adopted by the Commission in 2007 to "curb the excessive roaming … Read more
