A European Parliament committee has voted in support of changes to the mobile phone charging system between European Union member states, according to reports.
A vote will now take place in the full EU parliament over the next few weeks to decide whether price cuts can be implemented by the summer.
The key proposals suggest cutting roaming charges by up to 70 per cent in an effort to fight for the consumer.
One Euro MP, Paul Rubig, told the BBC: "We have one member state where at present you pay five euro cents per minute.
"If you go outside this member state and phone home, you pay three euros. Nobody can explain why that is justified."
Eirini Zafeiratou, from GSM Europe which lobbies for mobile phone companies, said that with price caps, some services would end up running "at a loss".
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A European Parliament committee has voted in support of changes to the mobile phone charging system between European Union member states, according to reports.
