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European commissioner promises single mobile market by 2015

European commissioner promises single mobile market by 2015
Daniel Cooper
Daniel Cooper|@danielwcooper|May 20, 2013 9:07 AM

Europe may be enjoying deeper and deeper integration, but that doesn't extend to mobile connectivity; citizens are still whacked with hefty roaming rates. European digital commissioner Neelie Kroes hopes to change this, telling business leaders that she's planning to push through a single mobile telecoms market before she retires in 2015. Speaking at the European Business Summit, she said she had "no intention to retire until [she'd] knocked down all the barriers to a single market," which was her "major priority" for the rest of her term. Hopefully those on that side of the pond will never again have to fork over $8 per day just to check Vine.

European commissioner promises single mobile market by 2015