Cost of Euro mobile roaming falls

From today, EU countries mobile operators cannot charge more than 35.5 eurocents per minute (plus VAT) for outgoing calls, and 11 eurocents per minute (plus VAT) for incoming calls.

The new tariffs are the latest in a series of annual price reductions forced on the mobile industry by the European Commission.

Brussels has said it aims to equalise roaming and domestic charges by 2015.

Price regulation was introduced in 2007 by the then commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding.

Since then, the maximum call charge has been reduced by approximately 6% per year.