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Consumers have not benefited from cheaper costs, says the commission (Photo: EUobserver)

EU gears up for battle on mobile phone rates

EU telecoms ministers will on Monday (11 December) discuss how to cut the price of mobile phone calls when made abroad within the EU - but European capitals have very different opinions on how to handle so-called roaming rates.

At a meeting in Brussels, the 25 ministers will debate proposals tabled by the European Commission in July, which aim to axe mobile roaming costs by more than half.

Officials from the Finnish EU presidency hosting the meeting are not expecting "an easy run,...

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