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UK MPs expect roaming charges to return after Brexit

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Members of the House of Commons EU scrutiny committee said on Tuesday they expected UK citizens will not be able to benefit from the EU-wide abolition of roaming fees after Brexit: "It is probable that mobile roaming charges - abolished on an intra-EU basis - will return, and that, even where they do not, increased wholesale roaming costs incurred by UK providers may be passed on to UK consumers indirectly."

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