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The end of roaming charges in Europe
June 2017On 15 June 2017, the EU "sounded the death knell" for roaming charges in the whole of the European Union.
Up till now, connecting to one's network through a local operator gave rise to surcharges for people not from the country concerned. From mid-June onwards, using one's mobile phone abroad (in the EU), to make or receive calls, send messages or use the Internet, will, in theory, no longer generate additional charges. In a joint declaration, Antonio Tajani, Joseph Muscat and Jean-Claude Juncker recalled that "the end of roaming charges is a true European success story" and is another important step towards building a European digital society.
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