Mobile roaming charges

EU rewrites plans to scrap mobile roaming charges

Last year, the European Parliament agreed that extra costs faced by EU travellers using a mobile phone would be scrapped in June 2017.

Detailed plans announced this week suggested that charges would only be banned for 90 days a year.

That draft has now been ripped up and new plans will be published soon.

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An interim limit on roaming charges has been in place since April, with a full ban anticipated by June 2017. From that point, users within the EU will be charged the same as they would be in their home country.