EU may end all roaming charges

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Originally Posted by rfranzq

Not being European I did not have a clue about SEPA.

According to: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...+Payments+Area

The UK is a part of SEPA.

Yes, the UK is part of SEPA, but GBP is not. Therefore UK banks have to charge cross-border EUR payments in the same way as intra-UK EUR payments, but this doesn't apply to GBP payments. Banks in Sweden on the other hand have to charge cross-border SEK or EUR payments in the same way as intra-Swedish SEK or EUR payments.

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The Sydney Morning Herald is tomorrow reporting that Australia and New Zealand are following the European Commission's lead and cracking down on exorbitant roaming charges between the two countries:

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/tec...017-2vpej.html