The cost of using your phone (roaming) while abroad is expected to be reduced by up to 50% from July 1. The move is part of the European Commission's efforts to reduce mobile phone roaming costs in Europe.
Following last year's cost-cutting announcement that imposed new restrictions on operators and caps on the price of calls, text messages and data, the European Commission announced that the caps should come into effect from July 1.
So, calls that currently cost more than 24 cents per minute will be reduced to 19 cents per minute. The best part, however, is that the MB charge for data is expected to be reduced to 20 cents, from 45 cents today. Here's a full breakdown of the reductions, as presented by TNW.
Obviously, the news shows progress and that the important steps that have been taken since 2012 have finally been sealed. Let us recall that the European Commission's goal is to proceed with the abolition of roaming charges in Europe from 2016.
