The European Union parliament has voted to further reduce roaming rates charged by carriers when subscribers from one member state are receiving calls in another EU country.
This represents a further reduction to maximum fees that were set in 2007. Before the roaming regulations came into force, the average intra-Europe roaming call cost users €1.15 per minute – five times the prevailing wholesale rates.
The EU industry committee voted in favour of bringing down the price of texting from a current average of €0.29 to a maximum of €0.11.
The committee also recommended that a maximum wholesale charge of €0.50 per megabyte of data.
There is no need for regulation in this case. The price of wireless Internet is reducing, because of cheaper technology and high competition. And finally all customers just would use Internet for Voice and Texting. The operators MUST reduce the price !!!
For example, if the price of megabyte of wireless data is €0.50, the customer could send around 50 text e-mails instead of 5 SMS per €0.11. The users just not experience yet, but they are soon ….