European mobile operators launched a website to help users find t...
European mobile operators launched a website to help users find the best international roaming rates this summer. The site -- http://www.roaming.gsmeurope.org -- lists prices from 75 operators EU-wide in 6 languages. It was set up by GSM Europe with…
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the European Regulators Group. Mobile roaming tariffs are compared on older sites, including one rolled out months ago by the European Commission (EC), which wants to regulate roaming fees. Asked if GSM Europe’s site aims to head off price controls, Dir. Eirini Zafeiratou said it deals only with “transparency and does not address the EC’s regulatory proposal. It shows, however, that retail prices to consumers have decreased drastically over the past few months and there is choice and competition in the roaming market.” The site differs markedly from the EC’s, Zafeiratou said, calling the EC’s, refreshed every 6 months “outdated.” And the EC site “has selective ‘worst’ prices for 4-min. calls,” he said, noting that the typical call lasts 2 min.