EU law case study: Roaming charges

Plans to cut the cost of mobile phone calls between European Union Member States may be about to move a step closer after a key vote in the European Parliament Industry, Energy and Research Committee, 12 April 2007.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: MEMO/07/132: The EU Regulation to Reduce Mobile Roaming Charges by 70% ¿ Final round of Committee voting in the European Parliament http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/132&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

BBC News, 12.4.07: EU backs mobile roaming fee cut http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6547123.stm

European Parliament: Info, 12.4.07: Mobile roaming: EP committee votes for ¿0.40 cap on calls made while abroad http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/058-5108-101-04-15-909-20070410IPR05075-11-04-2007-2007-false/default_en.htm

European Commission: DG Information Society and Media: News, 12.4.07: News : Roaming vote in the European Parliament http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=3352

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