The cost of using mobile phones in another EU country is set to fall today as new EU rules come into force, limiting what mobile operators can charge for their services.
The EU has been cutting what operators are allowed to charge over the past six years. The latest price caps mean that the maximum cost of making a call in another EU territory will fall to 24 euro cents (£0.20) a minute.
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Data charges, and hence the cost of accessing the internet from a mobile device, will fall by around a third to 45 euro cents (£0.39) per megabyte.
Call and data roaming charges from countries outside the EU are unaffected by the new rules.
A full list of charges, and how they have changed since 2012, and are set to change again next year, is available here.
However, roaming fees are set to end completely, possibly even within a year for EU member states.
Last month, the 27 European Commissioners voted to end all roaming fees for voice calls, texts and internet access, as the EC aims to create a single European telecoms market.
The aim is to ensure that the new regulations are put together before the European elections in May next year, and come into force as soon as 1 July 2014.
Speaking to the Telegraph, a Brussels source said: "They agreed that this time next year we will have got rid of these charges."
Officials will draw up and publish detailed proposals in the next six weeks. The move is likely to hit operators' revenues in the short term, but will also open up opportunities to compete for subscribers across Europe.
