EU Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding will go ahead with planned regulation of international mobile roaming, Reuters reports. She told the European Parliament that she would not be swayed by industry's concerns or pre-emptive tariff cuts. "In July, the Commission will present a draft regulation. I have noticed that, in the meantime, understanding the Commission will act, some market players announced reductions," she said. "This is of course a very interesting move and in the interest of consumers." Several members of the parliament backed her plans. The parliament, along with the EU's 25 member states, will have the final say on the new rules, which Reding said were still planned to enter into force in the summer of 2007.
