Mobile operator cuts tariffs for making or receiving a call while roaming to below new European caps.
Mobile phone operator 3 has said it will cut the cost of making a roaming call abroad by up to 47 per cent - below European regulatory caps.
3 UK, the smallest of Britain's five mobile phone network operators and an arm of Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whapoa, said customers travelling within the European Union (EU) would pay 25 pence per minute to call fixed or mobile numbers at home and 10 pence per minute to receive calls.
As IT PRO previously reported, EU regulators have slammed the high prices mobile phone groups charge "roaming" customers and have capped prices within the 27 bloc to 49 euro cents (33 pence) per minute to make a call and 24 euro cents to receive a call from August 30.
3 UK, which said it would fix the price of roaming text messages at 25 pence each, said its new tariffs would be available to customers on contract and pre-paid phone deals from the end of August.
The telecoms industry has largely opposed the EU caps, arguing that call prices are already on a steady decline.
Market leader Vodafone Group has said its own roaming price cuts, coupled with the European cap, will slice 200 million to 250 million pounds from the 1.8 billion pounds it generates in annual revenues from travelling customers.
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