EU May Cut Cost of Texting, Mobile Data

Jan 17, 2008 By AOIFE WHITE, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Europeans are paying high prices to send cell-phone text messages or use mobile Internet services outside their own country, the EU's telecoms chief said Thursday, just months after the EU capped roaming charges for calls.



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