{"id":21439,"date":"2014-04-07T09:27:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T07:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=21439"},"modified":"2014-04-07T09:27:14","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T07:27:14","slug":"european-parliament-votes-to-end-roaming-charges-expand-consumer-rights-and-make-it-easier-to-create-better-telecoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/07\/european-parliament-votes-to-end-roaming-charges-expand-consumer-rights-and-make-it-easier-to-create-better-telecoms\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament votes to end roaming charges, expand consumer rights and make it easier to create better telecoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

European Parliament votes to end roaming charges, expand consumer rights and make it easier to create better telecoms<\/a><\/p>\n

Today the European Parliament voted to end roaming charges by Christmas 2015, as part of a wider vote in support to the Commission\u2019s proposed regulation for a \u201cConnected Continent\u201d (telecoms single market)*.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

European Parliament votes to end roaming charges, expand consumer rights and make it easier to create better telecoms Today the European Parliament voted to end roaming charges by Christmas 2015, as part of a wider vote in support to the Commission\u2019s proposed regulation for a \u201cConnected Continent\u201d (telecoms single market)*.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22,62,1334],"tags":[1487,116,577,3275,1229],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-21439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-general","category-cyprus","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-broadband","tag-europe","tag-law","tag-roaming","tag-telecom","post_format-post-format-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16197,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/02\/reduction-of-roaming-prices-in-eu\/","url_meta":{"origin":21439,"position":0},"title":"Reduction of roaming prices in EU","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"April 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Cyprus Mail shares some good news: CYPRIOTS and other EU nationals on the move will now enjoy cheaper roaming charges under a deal struck yesterday by the European Commission and its lawmakers. 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