Thursday, August 30, 2007

European Commission: problems in Romania regarding roaming tarriff cuts


The European Commission announced that by the end of the week it would make public the names of the telecom companies that did not adopt the European measures for roaming tariff cuts yet, Reuters reported on Monday. Sources say that Romanian operators are among the ones who did not implement the measures.

European Telecom Commissioner Viviane Reding said that companies who did not implement the measures breach the EU treaty.

Other problem-causing countries, besides Romania, are Bulgaria, Cyprus, France and Belgium, according to a Reuters source.

On the other side of the spectrum, Germany, Luxembourg, Finland, Slovenia and Malta are applauded for the successful adoption of the European requirements.

EC imposed a tariff of maximum 49 eurocents for a roaming call in any one of the 27 EU member countries and a maximum of 24 eurocents for a received call.

Not all telecom operators complied with the deadline of July 30 and or publish the new tariffs.

So far, the main Romanian Telecom companies, Vodafone Romania, Orange Romania and Cosmote Romania announced the new tariffs and their implementation date.

HotNews.ro, Jul 31, 2007

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