EU to ban roaming charges in 2017, but Britain might be left out

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by Sindy Cator on February 1, 2017 at 5:08 pm

Roaming charges within the European Union are set to be gradually abolished, starting on June 15. An agreement reached by EU negotiators means that no matter whether you’re on a beach in San Sebastian or touring the streets of Amsterdam, you soon won’t pay any extra to make calls, send texts, or use data. The EU aims to fix the wholesale cost of a minute at a maximum of 3.2 cents, an SMS at 1 cent, and the cost of mobile data being gradually reduced as follows: €7.7 per GB (as of 15 June 2017) €6 per GB (as of…