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Good news for phone users, questions for internet users (Photo: Matthew Kenwrick)

EU to ban roaming charges, internet throttling

The European Commission on Wednesday (11 September) put forward plans to ban charges for incoming calls when abroad, but allowing internet providers to charge more for high-quality connections.

Under the proposal, which remains to be tweaked and approved by the European Parliament and member states, charges for incoming calls when travelling in another EU country will be banned from 2014 on.

Charges for outgoing calls when in another EU country will also drop, as customers will be...

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Good news for phone users, questions for internet users (Photo: Matthew Kenwrick)

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