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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9600

13 February 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/telecommunications
Reding threatens to take on SMS and mobile internet roaming charges which she believes to be too high

Brussels, 12/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - After voice roaming, Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding is preparing to regulate SMS and mobile internet roaming charges, she said at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday 11 February. She called on mobile operators to significantly reduce both wholesale and retail rates by 1 July, otherwise, she said, she would propose European legislation. “Sending text messages or downloading other data via a mobile phone...

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