Roaming: Commission acts to cut cost of SMS and Data

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quote van http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAct ... anguage=en

Today's Commission Proposals

What is the European Commission proposing?

The Commission proposal contains four main elements:

- Roamed text messages sent abroad in the EU from 1 July 2009 must not cost more than €0.11 (excl. VAT) per SMS for consumers. Receiving a text message in another EU country will remain free of charge. Wholesale charges will be capped at €0.04.

- More transparency and competition for data roaming services. Customers will receive an automatic message informing them of data roaming charges for the country they have arrived. As from summer 2010, they will also be able to determine in advance how high their bill can go before the data roaming service is cut-off. In addition, a €1 per megabyte safeguard limit for wholesale fees will be introduced to tackle the very high charges and make prices that operators charge each other more transparent and predictable and thus stimulate competition.

- Further reductions in the maximum prices of making and receiving calls while roaming in another Member State: prices will decrease to €0.43 on 1 July 2009, to €0.40, €0.37 and €0.34 the following years and until 2012 while prices for receiving a call will decrease from €0.19 on 1 July 2009 to €0.16, €0.13 and €0.10 respectively the following years and until 2012.

- The principle of per-second billing will be introduced for all roaming calls made and received. For calls made abroad, operators will be allowed to ask for a set-up charge equivalent to no more than the price for 30 seconds for the roamed call.

De belgische operatoren gaan weer lachen. Net zoals bellen naar het buitenland wordt het voor het gemiddelde abo binnenkort goedkoper om te smsen op roaming dan via je eigen operator in belgie. lol

[finchy]

De belgische operatoren...

Twee woorden: Dikke maffia!