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Article: 1st LD: EU moves to cap roaming charges for text messages
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- July 15, 2008
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1st LD: EU moves to cap roaming charges for text messages
BRUSSELS, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission said
Tuesday it would present a new regulation in October to cap the
charges for sending text messages abroad.
"EU citizens should be free to text across borders without being
ripped off," European Union (EU) Telecoms Commissioner Viviane
Reding said.
Figures released Tuesday by the Commission showed 2.5 billion
text messages sent every year by roaming customers in the EU cost
over 10 times more than domestic short messages (SMS).
The cost of roaming text messages varied among EU member states.
While the average cost of a roaming text message in the EU between
October 2007 and ...