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BUSINESS Businesstrends EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes has said roaming charges are “outrageous” Free to roam? European Commission to address lack of competition in mobile markets Under a new ruling, business travellers who opt for the EU-regulated ‘Eurotariff’ should pay no more than 35 cents per minute for mobile phone calls made and 11 cents per minute for calls received while abroad in the EU until at least next June. The European Commission, however, warns that this is still too high, and wants “a long lasting structural approach” to reduce roaming costs. “The Commission will be coming forward very shortly with comprehensive new proposals for long-term solutions to address the underlying problem of lack of competition in roaming markets,” said Neelie Kroes, the EU commissioner for telecoms, in a statement. Following the last round of regulation, a data roaming limit has been introduced to prevent massive charges for internet access via a mobile phone, and consumers receive a text once they’ve reached a ceiling of data roaming to prevent nasty surprises. A recent Eurobarometer survey found that almost three quarters of Europeans were worried about their mobile phone bills while abroad. And 72% of travellers still limit roaming calls, even if a majority is aware that prices have fallen since 2006. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently warned that without better levels of competition in the sector, roaming prices would never fall to acceptable levels. 52 Brussels Airlines b.there! magazine August 2011 IMAGE REX FEATURES On-the-spot fi nes for littering will only apply to certain items in Sweden Talking trash New Swedish litter law could fail to clean up streets A new litter law has come into effect in Sweden, under which throwing a beer can or newspaper anywhere other than the rubbish bin could cost you SEK 800 (€88) on the spot. This being liberal Sweden, however, there are several exceptions. For example, cigarette butts, gum and bus tickets are not legally considered to be trash, a situation that is “absolutely idiotic”, according to Joakim Brodahl of the Keep Sweden Clean movement. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency points out that cigarette butts are the most common form of litter by a wide margin, with 750 million tossed on the ground in 2005. Odder still, Sweden’s environment minister Andreas Carlgren is bothered by the butts, but doesn’t want to comment further. “I understand people who are angry about this, but we first have to wait and see what happens when the law comes into effect,” Carlgren told Dagens Nyheter. At least there’s encouraging environmental news from Rome. The Italian environment minister reports that Italy’s ban on plastic bags, brought in at the beginning of the year, has proved far more popular than expected. Until this year, shopping-crazed Italians filled up more than 20% of all plastic bags used in Europe – more than 330 per person. Now, it seems, they are enjoying the excuse to go shopping… for bags. Mobile ticket to ride Florence bus network accepting text-message fares Getting around Florence has just got a whole lot easier, thanks to a new service by Italian transport company Azienda Trasporti Area Fiorentina (ATAF) that allows passengers on the city’s bus service to receive their tickets by text message. Through a partnership with mobile payments firm Bemoov, ATAF lets users link a credit card with their phone then send a text message with the text ‘ATAF’ to a designated number when they’re ready to travel. Within seconds, they receive an alphanumeric code to be submitted to the controller for verification. There’s no additional fee for using the service, but currently only one-way tickets are sold, at €1.20 for a 90-minute trip. Stockholm and Helsinki have already embraced similar capabilities, according to Bemoov, and more European cities will undoubtedly follow. Consumers worldwide will spend about €35bn on mobile payments by 2014, according to a report by Juniper Research. North America and Western Europe will account for 50% of the total spending, surpassing the Asian market. Several European companies are investing in this ‘near-field communications’ technology, which also allows people to pay for cinemas and museums by waving a mobile device across a reader. ATAF IMAGE ALAMY
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