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EU orders rethink of mobile 'free roaming' plan
Published Fri, Sep 9, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Brussels
EUROPEAN Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday ordered officials to draw up new plans for the EU's landmark free mobile phone roaming policy after it ran into fierce criticism.
The Commission had unveiled the original "free roaming" plans amid fanfare last year, but when the details came this week, consumer groups were outraged by the limit of just 90 days of free roaming a year.
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