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PeterKay Posts: > 500

Ofcom's chief executive Ed Richards will tell a meeting of European regulators today there is a need to make sharp reductions to the costs of "text roaming" and "data roaming" across Europe.
Richards will also look at whether Ofcom has powers to act itself.

Sending a text from abroad costs an average of 21p versus an average cost of 5.6p within the UK, despite there being little additional cost.

Ofcom is concerned that data roaming charges are also hitting business. UK operators charge an average of £4.11 per Mb of data when used in Europe. Richards described this as an obstacle to business and "a significant price hurdle to the use of mobile internet".

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Posted: 2008-01-31 12:39:54
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masseur Posts: > 500

Ofcom calls for cuts in data roaming fees
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Posted: 2008-01-31 12:51:00
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