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Gulf states eye 50 percent roaming rate cut within region

January 24, 2012 1:53 by Reuters

Telecoms operators attending a meeting in Riyadh earlier this month committed themselves to applying the lower retail prices, Abdullah al-Shibli, GCC assistant secretary general for economic affairs, said in the statement.

The statement did not name the mobile firms at the meeting and did not give details of the new rates but said the meeting studied a decision “to reduce rates of international roaming between the GCC countries by more than 50 percent from current prices”.

The GCC comprises Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. (Reporting by Matt Smith and Nour Merza; Editing by Firouz Sedarat) *image from alroyya.com

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