Europe to Examine Cap on Roaming Charges for Mobile Internet

The European Union’s telecommunications commissioner said that she would conduct a review of mobile phone roaming charges, a process that could lead to the first cap on the retail cost carriers charge for cross-border mobile Internet use in Europe.

Neelie Kroes, the commissioner, said she would inform the bloc’s 27 telecommunications ministers at a meeting on Dec 3 that she would look for ways to reduce and eventually eliminate the fees. Paul Rübig, a member of the European Parliament, echoed the commissioner’s concern over the charges, saying lawmakers would probably consider imposing new retail price caps on data roaming next year.