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Across the 28 EU member states, a deal has been struck to scrap mobile phone roaming charges across Europe in an attempt to boost innovation and growth on the continent.
Currently, mobile phone operators charge a set fee for making a call, sending a text or accessing online services when in another EU country.
Recent research by price comparison sites has shown that the average holidaymaker returns home from their holiday to find their bill is on average £61 higher than usual – this adds up to over £573 million collectively per year.
With new regulations coming into force in 2017, mobile phone users will pay the same price for calls, texts and online access abroad as they do in their own country.
It is believed these changes could take up to 2% off operator revenues, but the EU has announced there will be safeguards in place to address the recovery of costs by operators.
Executive director of Which?, Richard Lloyd, said the abolition of roaming charges would put an end to uncertainty about using mobiles abroad and cut "bill shocks" off at the source.
Whilst all this is good news, this isn't the first time the EU has voted to scrap roaming charges – the original decision wanted them removed by December 2015, however the move was delayed amid concerns about the impact on the telecommunications market.
This latest decision will be rubber-stamped later this year according to the EU.
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