A man uses his mobile phone inside the new satellite facility for Munich Airport's Terminal 2 before the official opening ceremony, southern Germany, April 22, 2016. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo
BRUSSELS: The European Union clinched a preliminary deal early on Feb 1 to cap wholesale charges telecom operators pay each other when their customers use their mobile phones abroad, paving the way for the abolition of roaming fees in June.
The caps on wholesale roaming charges were the last piece of the puzzle needed for the abolition of retail roaming charges as of June 15, 2017, crowning a decade of efforts by Brussels to allow citizens to use their phones abroad without paying extra.
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