“Fear of being caught” or first steps towards wisdom?

“Fear of being caught” or first steps towards wisdom?

Several European mobile phone operators have agreed to halve the price of roaming fees in two steps; one in 10/06 and a second one year later in 10/07. The move is coming from capping the average wholesale rates they offer each other for providing roaming services in Europe to €0,45 a minute for one year, then to €0,36 a minute. The initiative is offered by operators such as T-Mobile, Orange, Telecom Italia, Wind, Telenor, Teliasonera, accounting for about 50% of European mobile users. Other mobile operators have recently also announced unilateral plans. Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile UK, and some few others. So why this excitement now? The EU Commission has long been pushing MNOs to cut the ''unjustified'' high cost of using a mobile phone abroad. Without reaction from MNOs for a while, the EU Commission warned that it would draft a law that could by next summer eliminate charges entirely for receiving a call in another EU country. That should have a bigger impact on MNO revenues than just cutting by half roaming fees.

Wisdom starts with the fear of being caught!!