1. Example
a Belgian family of 4 on holiday in Croatia using a smartphone
Summer
2012
Summer
2013
Savings
Checking social media
accounts every day
for 1/2 hour (+/- 5 MB
per day, total 35 MB)
Average price
± € 7 exc. VAT
45 cents
exc. VAT
€35 €2.25
€245 €15.75
€98 €6.30
€0.98 €0.06
€32.75
€229.25
€91.70
€0.92
Uploading one photo
every day
(+/- 2MB per photo)
Checking a map 5 times
(1 MB per map)
1 Mb
Sending one e-mail
per day (+/- 20 KB per
e-mail, total 0.14 MB)
€378.98 €24.36 €354.62TOTAL
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The most you'll pay
when roaming within the EU
(in Euro cents, excluding VAT)
From 1 July
2012
From 1 July
2013
From 1 July
2014
Voice-calls made
(per minute) ¢29 ¢24 ¢19
Voice-calls received
(per minute) ¢8 ¢7 ¢5
Data (per MB)
¢70
¢45
¢20
SMS (per SMS)
¢9 ¢8 ¢6
Text
"Smart phone generation. Rip-offs familiar to anyone
who has used a mobile phone while travelling abroad.
I am pleased that year a er year the European Union
is putting money back in the pockets of citizens."
Neelie Kroes
Vice-President of the European Commission for the Digital Agenda
80% savings across a range of mobile roaming services
compared to 2007 prices
-80%
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2012
2013
1st
July 2013
data
-36%
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New price caps for
mobile data roaming
