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Article: EU preparing sharp cuts in fees for text messages
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- September 4, 2008
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Kevin J. O'Brien The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
09-04-2008
EU preparing sharp cuts in fees for text messages
Byline: Kevin J. O'Brien The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 4
Section: NEWS
BERLIN --
The European Union's telecommunications minister plans to propose a new set of price controls that would sharply cut the roaming fees charged by mobile operators to send short text messages while also reducing the cost of surfing the Internet on a cellphone.
Details of the proposal, obtained by the International Herald Tribune on Wednesday, show that the minister, Viviane Reding, will seek to cap retail roaming fees for short text messages, or SMS, within the European ...