Ministers back roaming charge cut

Approving the result of the opinion at first reading of the European Parliament adopted on 23 May 2007, the Council of the European Union reached political agreement, 7 June 2007, on a proposal for a Regulation on roaming on public mobile networks within the Community and amending Directive 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services.

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European Commission: MEMO/07/233: Roaming : Commission welcomes political agreement in today's EU Telecom Council http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/233&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Council of the European Union: Press Release: PRES/07/136: The Council approves rules on roaming charges http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/misc/94533.pdf

European Commission: DG Information Society: Activities: Roaming http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/roaming/index_en.htm

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