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Mobile phone roaming charges cut within EU
The cost of using a mobile phone within EU countries will be fall from Monday.
New roaming price caps mean charges for making a call will drop by at least 17% a minute while receiving a call will drop by about 12% a minute.
The cost of a text message will fall by 11%.
New EU rules mean downloading data, including looking at maps, checking emails and sending pictures, will be 36% cheaper, and 91% cheaper compared with 2007.
The cost of using a phone abroad has traditionally been very high but the European commission has been working to reduce it since 2007.
The commission's vice president, Neelie Kroes, said: "The EU has to be relevant to people's lives.
"The latest price cuts put more money in your pocket for summer, and are a critical step towards getting rid of these premiums once and for all.
"This is good for both consumers and companies, because it takes fear out of the market, and it grows the market."
Overall the commission said it has achieved retail price reductions across calls, SMS and data of over 80% since 2007.
Further reductions will come into play in July next year, a spokesman added.
Operators are free to offer cheaper rates, and some have already begun to remove roaming premiums altogether for voice and SMS, or offer a roaming-free area across some sections of Europe.
From Monday the new price caps, excluding VAT, will be:
45 cents (38p) a megabyte to download data or browse the internet
24 cents (20p) a minute to make a call
7 cents (6p) a minute to receive a call
8 cents (7p) to send a text message
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Not before time, I've never had a problem with the price of calls but I hate paying to receive them, the new prices for texts is cheaper than sending in the UK if your on PAYG, the data price is outrageous tho.
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