BRUSSELS: Checking email or surfing the Web on a mobile phone while travelling in the European Union will be a third cheaper from Monday under roaming cuts enforced by the EU’s regulator in time for the summer holiday season.
From July 1, the cost of using the Internet while abroad falls to 45 cents per megabyte from 70 cents. Making calls declines to 24 cents per minute from 29 cents, and receiving calls to 7 cents per minute from 8 cents.
The cost of sending text messages will also go down, to 8 cents from 9 cents. Mobile users don’t pay for receiving text messages while travelling in the bloc. All of costs will fall again on July 1 next year.
The cuts will also mean very substantial reductions in charges in Croatia, a popular summer holiday destination. The country is joining the European Union on Monday, raising the total number of member states to 28.
AFP
