BRUSSELS: European Union governments and lawmakers have agreed to cap the price of calling from one EU country to another, seeking to score another political victory with citizens after the elimination of mobile roaming surcharges.
The deal clinched in the early hours of Wednesday after 12 hours of negotiations is part of a wider overhaul of the bloc's 15-year-old telecoms laws to encourage operators to invest in fibre broadband networks and open up radio frequencies for next-generation 5G services.
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