The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition Wind Mobile will announce new rates on Thursday, reducing what it charges for voice calls and texts when customers roam outside its network. The Globe's Christine Dobby writes Wind plans to cut charges for data roaming to five cents a megabyte, down from $1. Simon Lockie, Wind's chief regulatory officer, said that once the government's interim caps on roaming rates came into force, the company moved "quickly to pass those savings on to customers." Wind, which operates in major cities in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta, is also upgrading to HSPA+, or 3G service. Eastlink Wireless, an Atlantic Canada carrier, said in July it struck a new roaming agreement with one of Canada's dominant three carriers that allowed it to greatly expand its coverage. It also recently launched nationwide roaming plans, some of which include unlimited calling across the country, and data packages. Eastlink already had a long-term roaming agreement with Rogers and recently struck deal with one of the other two incumbents, Telus and BCE. Ottawa now requires wireless carriers to sell competitors access to their networks for no more than what they charge their own retail customers.