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First vote on Roaming in the European Parliament: Commission
welcomes ambitious start (21 March 2007)Good news for those of us who use mobile phones abroad - a new regulation capping roaming charges should be in place before the summer. General agreement is emerging among European leaders over the new roaming regulation.
The European Council, meeting last week in Hannover, pushed for a fast-track agreement on reducing roaming tarriffs. This morning, the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee was the first Parliament committee to vote on the Commission proposal to reduce, by means of an EU Regulation, international mobile roaming charges by up to 70% by this summer.
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