EU TELECOM MINISTERS CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON MOBILE ROAMING RATES

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The EC aims to nail down govts.?agreement on its proposed international mobile roaming regulation at today's (Thurs.) informal meeting of the 27 EU telecom ministers at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, it said. With European Parliament (EP) committee votes on the proposal scheduled this and next month, and a plenary vote set for May, the EC said there's 揵road agreement?on the aims and plan to regulate wholesale and retail roaming fees among the EC, EP and Telecom Council. Current discussion centers on how the goals can be met through regulation and what price caps should be set, the EC said. Information Society & Media Comr. Viviane Reding is pushing to have legislation in place by mid-year.