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EU members slammed for resisting removal of roaming fee
Published Wed, Feb 18, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Brussels
EUROPEAN Union member states came under fire from the bloc's head of digital policy on Tuesday for resisting efforts to scrap mobile phone roaming charges for consumers.
Though the removal of the charges is a priority for the European Commission as it seeks to spur cross-border telecoms competition, EU members concerned about the effect on operators have proposed that any ban should be held back until 2018 at the earliest.
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