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Cameron: UK to partner with Germany on internet future

Research funding to use the internet to improve everyday devices - such as fridges which can order more milk when it runs low - is to be doubled in a drive to make the UK a world leader in digital technology, David Cameron has said.

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UK to work with Germany on abolition of roaming fees

As part of their discussions, David Cameron said that Britain and Germany had agreed to work together for the abolition of mobile roaming charges across the European Union.

We welcome the long-term ambition of the European Commission but we want to take steps that deliver benefits for businesses and consumers including complete elimination of mobile roaming charges.

– David Cameron

Combining British ingenuity with German engineering would put the two countries at the forefront of a new technology-based "industrial revolution", he suggested.

This is a world on fast forward. A world of permanent technological revolution.

And in this world, countries like the UK and Germany will only succeed if we have a relentless drive for new ideas and innovations.

– David Cameron

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