Monday, July 1, 2013

EU Slashes Roaming Prices From July 1, Promises Even Bigger Cuts

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The European Union's Roaming Regulation has lowered the prices for mobile roaming within the EU, effective July 1, 2013
The new price caps are as follows: 24 cents per minute for making a call, 7 cents per minute for receiving a call, 8 cents for sending a text message, and 45 cents per MB of data traffic download — a 36% price reduction. The prices do not include VAT, which will be added individually on a per-country basis

The prices have been reduced even more in Croatia, which became a member of the European Union today. For Croats, the cost for data transfer in the EU decreased almost 15 times, while sending an SMS or making a call from an EU country is 10 times cheaper than before Read more...
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via: Mashable