SMS rates to get cheaper in Europe

February 13th, 2008 | Category: Gadget News

Section: Communications, Mobile

EU Commissioner Viviane Reding has given Europe’s mobile phone operators until July 1, 2008 to cut (in fact slash) their excessive roaming charges for SMS messages.

Studies show that a text sent from abroad can cost £0.49 ($0.95), while transferring 1MB of details can cost £4.11 ($8.00). So what does Ms Reding mean by ‘slash’? Well she has warned that anything more than about 2 pence (about 4 cents) above domestic texting charges would be unacceptable,

which would be really good news indeed.

Not so good news on the input downloading market which is still seen as in its infancy, but she did urge for clearer warnings of the costs which would help in avoiding any shocking bills.

Via [BBC]

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