“..The New Zealand and Australian governments are expected to put the heat on mobile phone companies to offer a better deal to trans-Tasman travellers at a meeting in Canberra tomorrow…”

“…Telecommunications Users Association chief executive Paul Brislen said the big issue they would need to address was the high cost of using mobile broadband on trips between the countries.

One possibility was that the governments might force mobile phone companies to “unbundle” mobile broadband, so travellers would be able to buy data from any supplier “at local prices” -

- without having to swap out the Sim card in their smartphone or mobile broadband data stick, he said…”

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Pressure over mobile roaming prices | Stuff.co.nz.

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