The European Commission is touting their achievements with this announcement that the price cap on EU roaming charges has been a boon for Eu residents. If you’re in the European Union and you like to travel, you probably already know how good the recently passed “Eurotariff” has been. But, just to be clear, the European Commission says that the Eurotariff (the EU roaming charge price cap) which passed this past June 30 and has since slashed wireless calling bills by up to 60%.
The Eurotariff limits roaming charges to 0.49 Euros (69 cents) per minute for making a call abroad, and 0.29 Euros (34 cents) to receive a wireless call from abroad. The European Commission said that “By Aug. 30, around 200 million EU consumers had already switched to the Eurotariff.” And about 400 million EU consumers were enjoying the new rates by the end of September.
Enjoy those low roaming rates, EU citizens! Maybe a trip to Oktoberfest is in order?
[Via: Yahoo]