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Mobile phone roaming caps coming into force | Mobile phone roaming caps coming into force |
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The cost of using a mobile phone in another European Union country will fall again on Monday. | The cost of using a mobile phone in another European Union country will fall again on Monday. |
New EU limits come into force which will reduce the amount mobile phone providers can charge for making or receiving calls abroad. | New EU limits come into force which will reduce the amount mobile phone providers can charge for making or receiving calls abroad. |
It will also bring down the cost of accessing the internet. | It will also bring down the cost of accessing the internet. |
For the past six years the EU has been forcing prices down by placing a cap on the charges providers can impose and reducing that limit each year. | For the past six years the EU has been forcing prices down by placing a cap on the charges providers can impose and reducing that limit each year. |
Data rates | Data rates |
The cost of making mobile phone calls outside a person's own country, known as roaming, has traditionally been very high. | The cost of making mobile phone calls outside a person's own country, known as roaming, has traditionally been very high. |
The latest cuts come into force on Monday, when the maximum cost of making a call will fall by a fifth to 24 euro cents a minute or just over 20p, plus the VAT rate applicable in the relevant EU country. | |
But the biggest change is to data charges - the cost of using the internet or applications linked to it. | But the biggest change is to data charges - the cost of using the internet or applications linked to it. |
That will fall by roughly a third to 45 euro cents per megabyte or about 38.5p, plus VAT. | |
However, these reductions will only apply within the borders of the European Union. | However, these reductions will only apply within the borders of the European Union. |
In other countries charges both for making calls and for using the internet are likely to remain higher. | In other countries charges both for making calls and for using the internet are likely to remain higher. |
Because Croatia joins EU on Monday, the same day as the price caps are introduced, the difference is most stark there. | Because Croatia joins EU on Monday, the same day as the price caps are introduced, the difference is most stark there. |
Last year, the European Parliament passed regulations to make using a mobile phone abroad significantly cheaper. | Last year, the European Parliament passed regulations to make using a mobile phone abroad significantly cheaper. |
The EU said the regulations were designed to prevent "bill shock". | The EU said the regulations were designed to prevent "bill shock". |
This is the moment when travellers discover they have have run up huge bills after making calls and using data applications, such as maps, while away. | This is the moment when travellers discover they have have run up huge bills after making calls and using data applications, such as maps, while away. |
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