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The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of ending mobile phone roaming fees on Thursday, a move that will cheer Europes consumers even as it frustrates telecoms companies. In a full sitting of the parliament in Strasbourg, lawmakers backed legislation that will phase out roaming fees across the 28-country European Union by December 2015. This vote is the EU delivering for citizens, said Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for digital affairs and an ardent advocate for ending the charges. We should know what we are buying, we should not be ripped-off, and we should have the opportunity to change our mind. At the same time, the parliament voted in favor of maintaining net neutrality, effectively declaring that all traffic on the Internet should be treated equally, regardless of the source or the content.