Cost of texting abroad comes down

The cost of sending text messages from a mobile phone within the European Union has come down from the 1 July 2009.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 1.7.09: Lower phone tariffs kick in across EU http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/lower-phone-tariffs-kick-eu/article-183642

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

EURLEX: Regulation (EC) No 544/2009 ... of 18 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community and Directive 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:167:0012:0023:EN:PDF

European Commission: Press Release, IP/09/1064: End of 'roaming rip-off': cost of texting, calling, surfing the web abroad to plummet from today thanks to EU action http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1064&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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