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The cost of making mobile phone calls in Europe is set to fall substantially after lawmakers backed plans to cap so-called "roaming" charges. The amount mobile customers are charged by local phone operators for using their handsets while abroad should now fall by as much as 75%.
More than 150 million people across Europe will be affected by the changes in the pricing regime.
But the new charges are not likely to come into effect until later this year.
Price cuts
The changes still need to be approved by the member governments of the 27-nation bloc, although these approvals are considered a formality.
A European Commission spokesman described the vote as "wonderful", saying many people would now feel able to use their phones abroad for the first time.
But consumers will not feel the benefits of lower prices until late July or early August at the earliest, too late for many people travelling in Europe this summer.
Text messaging will not be covered by the proposals.
Mobile phone users should feel the benefits of the single market and not be penalised simply the crossing a border
Brussels has sought for some time to regulate the cost of making mobile phone calls when abroad, after finding huge differences in what people have to pay in different countries of the EU.
Under the plans, the cost of making a mobile call anywhere in the EU would be capped at 49 euro cents (33p) a minute in year one, while receiving a call would cost 24 cents (16p) at most.
These costs should now fall to 46 euro cents (31p) and 22 cents (14.9p) respectively in year two, and 43 cents and 19 cents in year three.....

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moonlighter

I assume that Tenerife (& the other Canary Islands) are classed as Spain, so even though they are not in Europe they will be included

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welshsprout

If you are intending to use you UK mobile here I would advise that you assume nothing and check with your provider otherwise the bill could be rather a shock.

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Daverock

That is very true Welsh. The network here is not separated from the Mainland though. When you send a text or make a call the log time is always 1 hour adrift as they are routed via the system in Mainland Spain so it would be very difficult to differentiate.

welshsprout

Ah but as they can use the transmitters for geolocation purposes they can also use them to differentiate which part of Spain you are in!!

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Daverock

I was going to suggest that they are not that clever but when it comes to money then perhaps you have a point

stevem

Apparently anyone using European "roam" is about to foot the cost of this!

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weebengal

me on a contract with 02 they have a deal for an extra 6 quid you can recieve 1000 mins of calls and to phone home is 25p thats 6 bangers a month, dont know about pay as ya go was out last month and it worked fine, so when my mates phoned me from off shore it cost me nowt now hi diddle le dee

moonlighter

They give you free sausages too

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Melders

I've got a mobile phone and it only gets switched on when I'm out of the house or expecting a call.
I went to Spain for a couple of months a while ago and topped up my pay as you go with £100 ... expecting that to last me at least 3 years.

My mate and his wife who lived in Spain kept texting me, needlessly - to be honest - or phoning me 'just for a natter'.

Anyhoo - I'd been there about two or three weeks, tried to phone them
( with an important message ) .... no credit!

I went absolutely ape s*** when I found out that I had been charged for receiving calls!!!

How the hell did they get that rule passed??