Mobitel and Simobil Set Same Euro Tariffs
Slovenia's biggest mobile operators Mobitel and Simobil announced on Friday new roaming euro tariffs required by EU regulation that cuts charges for cross-border calls in the EU. Both operators set their rates at the topmost limits of 58.8 cents per minute for outgoing and 28.8 cents per minute for incoming calls.
Simobil said it would already enable its clients to switch to the new tariffs on Sunday, all clients with pre-paid packages will have their tariffs automatically switched on 31 July, whereas the automatic switch for subscribers will come on 29 September.
Mobitel will switch to the new tariff for those who express this wish by the end of July on 1 August, while everyone else will have to wait until 30 August, which is a month before the deadline set by the EU directive, Mobitel said in a press release.
The regulation stipulates that after final enactment of the rules on 30 June mobile phone operators have one month to offer customers a new pricing structure with substantially lower roaming rates. The directive, which will be in force for three years, envisages a gradual decrease in the highest allowed prices for international mobile roaming. In the first year, the maximum retail price for outgoing calls per minute (without VAT) will stand at 49 cents, dropping to 46 cents in the second and 43 cents in the third year. The retail prices for incoming calls in the next three years will meanwhile be 24, 22 and 19 cents.
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