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EU enforcement of a price cut on data transfers


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:27:58 -0400



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From: "Hamza Taha" <htaha () andrew cmu edu>
Date: September 23, 2008 4:18:35 AM EDT
To: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
Subject: 19403 - Interesting news article

Professor Farber,

I found this news article today and thought it was interesting enough to share.

According to the article, an EU Commissioner is proposing the enforcement of a price cut on data transfers (texting and internet browsing) for mobile devices in Europe stating that the industry failed in terms of self-regulation for roaming charges and that customers are being "ripped off":

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7630010.stm

Hamza Taha




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