Kosten dataroamen en bellen in Europa flink lager

Data roaming rates in the EU dropped today as part of a staggered plan to reduce fees. Under the new rules, European companies cannot charge EU citizens more than €0.45 per megabyte, down from €0.70 previously. That price will drop massively next year, down to €0.20 per megabyte, and there are also plans to try to scrap roaming rates altogether by the end of 2014.

It's not only data roaming fees that have reduced; the price of making and receiving calls and the cost of sending text messages also dropped. Placing a call now costs no more than €0.24 per minute, receiving calls is pegged at €0.07 per minute, while sending a text message costs €0.08. As with data rates, those fees are set to drop again next year.