THE European commission was today announcing a crackdown on excessive charges for using mobile phones abroad.
Proposed new laws are designed to force mobile phone companies to slash their international "roaming charges" to levels close to prices charged for domestic calls between different mobile networks.
The move follows months of warnings to mobile phone operators from EU Telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding.
Last October she launched an EU website publicising the "unjustifiable" charges travellers face when making and receiving calls on their mobile phones in other European countries.
