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Millions of us go abroad every year, and what’s one the most important things we pack? Our Mobiles. With them, we can keep in contact with family and friends, and even take snaps of our holiday.

But using them aboard is ridiculously expensive. Sending a text in Spain, for example would cost 40p, compared to 10p in the UK!

Now the EU wants to force the networks to reduce their prices. Of course, they’re not happy.

But why? Most of the major networks actually own networks abroad, for example Orange provide network in Spain under the Movistar name.

So actually, why would it cost 30p more to send a tiny piece of data, over two networks they own?

The EU have already lowered the cost of calling, although it could have been more drastic. Hopefully Texting will follow.

JK