article_snippet: Neelie Kroes, The European Commission former digital tsar first called for a ban on roaming charges in 2013.
article_snippet: The move was hugely unpopular with mobile operator, who rely on roaming charges to fatten the industry
article_snippet: Now Mrs Kroes’ successors have rowed back on Mrs Kroes policy, and said that mobile phone companies need more time to deal with the hole that a ban on roaming charges would put in mobile phone companies profits.
article_snippet: At a meeting in Brussels, mobile phone companies said mobile phone companies would review the situation in 2018 to see if the market had come up with foreign roaming packages that offer customers better value for money.
article_snippet: However, there is no guarantee that mobile phone companies would intervene, even at that point.
article_snippet: Mathew Howett, a telecoms analyst at Ovum, said: ‘Mathew Howett, a telecoms analyst at Ovum were going to be abolished but that has been pushed back more or less indefinitely.
article_snippet: A few mobile phone companies have taken steps to reduce