article_snippet: EU governments agreed that the roaming charges for mobile phone users abroad should stay in place until at least until the end of 2018.
article_snippet: The European Parliament had said roaming charges should be scrapped by the end of 2015.
article_snippet: But at a meeting in Brussels, EU governments tonight agreed to allow large mobile phone firms to continue levying extra charges on travellers for at least another three years, when the situation could be reviewed.
article_snippet: Governments said consumers should be given a small roaming allowance to use outside consumers home country from the middle of next year, but any usage above it should still be subject to further charges.
article_snippet: The issue of scrapping roaming charges has seen EU come head-to-head with the telecoms industry, who argue EU will affect roaming charges revenues.
article_snippet: The decision comes despite the European Parliament's decision to scrap roaming charges  by the end of 2015 .
article_snippet: Roaming is not justifiable in a single market,' Roaming said.
highlights_snippet: EU governments said the roaming charges should stay in place until 2018 .
  
highlights_snippet: Comes despite MEPs voting for an end to the roaming charges by the end of 2015 .
  
highlights_snippet: The European Parliament said roaming charges were too high .