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Times of India
Free roaming simply not practical: Trai
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The telecom regulator has lowered mobile phone roaming charges by up to 30% from next month and allowed operators to float conditional free roaming plans, offering relief to subscribers as well as some companies that were opposing removal ...

Roaming charges to become cheaper from January 1
Know Your Mobile India
Telecom Regularity Authority of India (TRAI) decided a while ago to abolish roaming charges and as expected, it was right away opposed by the telecom operators. This is because the revenues generated from roaming charges form about 8 percent of the ...

Regional mobile roaming improves in Asia Pacific
PC Advisor
"I hope that this collaboration could be further extended to other countries in this region, as this will help improve regional mobile roaming and allow the countries to meet growing demand for mobile broadband," said Leong Keng Thai, director-general ...
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore commit to APT planTelecompaper (subscription)

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Times of India
"Free Roaming is Impractical"
Indiatimes.com
The telecom regulator has lowered mobile phone roaming charges by up to 30% from next month and allowed operators to float conditional free roaming plans, offering relief to subscribers as well as some companies that were opposing removal of all ...
Trai allows conditional free mobile roaming from July 1Times of India
Telecom stocks surge 11% on new roaming regulationsEconomic Times
Roaming charges get cheaper effective July 1NDTV
Indian Express -Business Standard
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India telecoms: price cuts on roaming
Financial Times (registration) (blog)
The companies say they aren't in a position to shoulder extra roaming costs at the moment. But at the same time, the user base is growing exponentially in India and any simplification in tariffs will help as mobile phone connectivity plays an ever ...

Economic Times
Idea, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications gain on new roaming regulations
Economic Times
Telecom regulator on Monday said it would allow carriers to offer free nationwide mobile roaming to subscribers for a fixed fee from July 1, in a partial relief to operators, some of whom had opposed a proposal to completely abolish roaming charges.
Telcos spar over roaming chargesMoneycontrol.com

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MARKET EYE-Telecom stocks gain; new roaming regulations seen as positive
Reuters India
India's telecoms regulator on Monday said it would allow carriers to offer free nationwide mobile roaming to subscribers for a fixed fee from July 1, in a partial relief to operators, some of whom had opposed a proposal to completely abolish roaming ...

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Economic Times
Cheaper roaming charges: Customers may get to pay 30% less for it from July 1
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The telecom regulator has lowered mobile phone roaming charges by up to 30% from next month and allowed operators to float conditional free roaming plans, offering relief to subscribers as well as some companies that were opposing removal ...

Free roaming option for mobile users
Calcutta Telegraph
New Delhi, June 17: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today allowed free mobile roaming on payment of a fixed fee from July 1 and reduced the national roaming charges for others by up to 57 per cent. Trai, however, said making national ...

Trai lowers roaming charges for calls, SMSes
Deccan Herald
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday allowed free mobile roaming on payment of a fixed fee from July 1 and reduced national roaming charges for others by up to 57 per cent. The regulator, however, rejected the suggestion of ...

Livemint
Trai mandates partial free mobile roaming from 1 July
Livemint
New Delhi: National mobile roaming charges are set to drop on 1 July but the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) ruled out the possibility of these coming down to zero in the near future as envisaged in the National Telecom Policy. The ...

TRAI lowers roaming charges for calls, SMSes
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator TRAI today announced reduction in the national mobile phone roaming charges, but said there will be no free national roaming as of now. The sectoral regulator has also come out with conditional free national roaming plans, ...

Unlimited mobile roaming for a fixed fee from July 1: TRAI
Zee News
New Delhi: Telecom regulator TRAI on Monday allowed free mobile roaming on payment of a fixed fee July 1 and reduced national roaming charges for others by up to 57 percent. TRAI, however, said making national roaming completely free of charges is not ...

TRAI Says No To Free Roaming ; Favors Conditional Free Roaming
Gizbot
The Telecom regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) lowers down reduction in nationwide roaming charges. Mobile subscribers were hoping to see barrier free national roaming plans instead the authority comes up with conditional free roaming plans. The new ...

V3.co.uk
Europe pushes to end mobile roaming charges with single market plea
V3.co.uk
The EU has already taken action on mobile roaming: removing barriers, making prices fairer, and introducing choice. But we still aren't there. Many citizens, for example, buy their minutes and megabytes as part of a bundle. But that bundle normally ...
European Mobile Roaming Charges To Come To An End In 2014Geeky gadgets
EU to scrap mobile roaming charges in favour of a single marketeuronews
Mobile roaming charges to end in Europe next yearAfterdawn.com
Mirror.co.uk -iClarified
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Geeky gadgets
European Mobile Roaming Charges To Come To An End In 2014
Geeky gadgets
If you live in Europe and own a mobile phone or smartphone and have traveled abroad, you will have ended up paying the expensive European roaming charges to use your phone abroad for texts, calls and data. It looks like roaming charges within Europe ...
Europe pushes to end mobile roaming charges with single market pleaV3.co.uk
EU to scrap mobile roaming charges in favour of a single marketeuronews
Axing roaming charges 'will benefit mobile industry', argues ECMobile Today
Afterdawn.com -Mirror.co.uk
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TRAI allows partial free national roaming, reduces ceilings on tariffs
Digit
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has slashed ceilings on national roaming tariff and has allowed telecom operators to provide free nationwide roaming to subscribers through Special Tariff Vouchers and combo packs. The TRAI has also ...

Trai lowers roaming charges for calls, SMSs
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai on Monday announced reduction in national mobile phone roaming charges, but said there will be no free national roaming as of now. The regulator has also come out with conditional free national roaming plans, a move ...

Enjoy 'conditional' free mobile roaming from July 1
CIOL
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Telecom watchdog TRAI has asked telecom operators to allow free nationwide roaming in 22 circles on a reduced fee from July 1. The move is aimed to pacify disgruntled carriers, who were opposing the government's intent to abolish ...

Business Standard
Your mobile roaming charges will get cheaper from July 1
Business Standard
"Trai has reduced ceilings for national roaming calls and SMS and instituted a new regime for providing flexibility to telecom service providers to customise tariffs for national roamers through STVs (Special Tariff Vouchers) and Combo Vouchers," the ...