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EU near agreement on roam like home allowance - report

2015-01-19 08:36:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The EU is nearing an agreement on giving mobile customers a fair-use allowance for roaming in the EU at the same cost as national communications, Reuters reports. The "roam like at home" option put forward by Latvia, which holds the rotating EU presidency, garnered the support of most member states at a Council meeting last week, EU diplomats said. A first draft of the legislation is expected in around two weeks, the report said, although it could still undergo further changes. Once member states in the Council agree on a position, they can negotiate with MEPs and the European Commission to arrive at a final version. According to the proposal, operators would have to provide data to consumers abroad at domestic rates up to a limited allowance, which has not been specified. Beyond this allowance, operators will not be able to charge consumers more than the maximum wholesale prices, currently EUR 0.05 per minute or MB of data. Latvia's paper says the proposed system would avoid the situation where retail roaming prices would be lower than wholesale costs.

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T-Mobile Netherlands adds 'roam like home' to postpaid plans

2015-01-12 10:40:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) T-Mobile Netherlands is reducing the cost of roaming, so customers can use their mobile phones at domestic rates when traveling in the EU. Incoming calls, as well as sending and receiving SMS will be free. Calls when roaming will be limited to 120 minutes per month at national rates, taken from the customer's monthly bundle. After that, customers pay their normal out-of-bundle rate of EUR 0.30 per minute. Data services will still be subject to the EU's regulated rates or T-Mobile's own Travel & Surf data passes for roaming. The new offer is valid in the EU, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland for customers signing a new contract from 19 January. The changes are part of T-Mobile's new plans, 'Stel Samen & Stel Bij', available from 19 January. As earlier announced, the new plans separate the cost of acquiring a phone from the subscription fees and allow customers to change their bundle allowances on a month-to-month basis.

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China: Pastoralists still roam marginalized and drought ravaged regions

2014-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Xinhua: Nomads have for decades wondered for and wide in search of water and pasture for their most precious "assets" livestock. But with global warming and the changing climate taking toll in major economic activities across the globe, pastoralists have had their fair share for the past four years, northern region has experienced one of its most droughts in decades. Thousands of animals have been lost through the revenging drought rendering some of the headers destitute. During the period, pasture...

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