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9/21/2013

Topic Reading-Vol.528-9/21/2013

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Europe plans to end mobile phone roaming charges.
Even though citizens of the member states aren’t required to go through immigration control and the goods are mostly traded without duties within the member states, there still are regulations that are not friendly to mobile phone users when they cross the border.
Currently, the telecommunication services are still provided on the basis of 28 national markets, rather than one unified market, so that mobile phone users are charged the prices and mobile phone operators are regulated by the rules of the state. Furthermore, there is another frustrating practice called “roaming charge”, a connectivity service fee charged in a location that is different from the location where the service was registered, which makes phone calls or internet connections in a different country much more expensive than the home location.
If or how soon the new proposals by the EU commission are approved?
Enjoy reading and learning about this new initiative to unify the E.U. telecom market.



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