Cheaper roaming basis since April 30, 2016
Stop the rates roaming EU from 15 June 2017 . The operators of mobile will no longer apply the increases for voice, messaging and data requests users to smartphone and tablet which lie outside the geographical coverage of the network of the country of origin and using a visited network.
Earlier, the 30 April 2016 , the mobile operators can not apply rates roaming greater than 5 cents of the euro minutes for voice calls, the 2 cents of euro for each SMS and 5 cents of euro for every megabytes of Internet traffic.
It was the Parliament to vote in recent hours to stop the rates roaming in the EU. The go-ahead came at the end of a long and bumpy ( Once upon a time the end of the roaming ), which began in September 2013 with the submission by the European Commission , a proposal on the “continent connected” and single telecoms market.
A proposal to eliminate bottlenecks impeding the development of digital single market and ensuring citizens and businesses the ability to access electronic communications services in any EU country, without cross-border restrictions or unjustified additional costs, says a study document drawn up by the European Parliament.
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The European Commission had proposed various measures, but the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the Commission reached an agreement only on two points: the rates roaming , in fact, and the so-called Net neutrality .
In the area of Net Neutrality , however, the decisions taken do not paint a clear picture. Although, according to the proposal, the ISP (Internet Service Provider) can not block or restrict the connection speed for commercial reasons, traffic can still be operated for temporary reasons or exceptional.
Again with reference to Net neutrality In addition, the study document published by the European Parliament should be noted that certain types of price discrimination controversial or services in so-called zero rate were not specifically prohibited and may result in cases of blocks or bottlenecks.
Most of the other aspects of the original proposal, including include the measures to coordinate the allocation of spectrum , will be examined when reviewing the EU legislation on telecommunications in 2016.
As regards, more specifically, the rates roaming , it is to highlight other elements relief of the proposal approved by the European Parliament.
Until June 15, 2017, first, consumers will continue to be notified by text of rates roaming when are abroad . After that date, the alerts will only be sent in the event of activation of any clauses of “proper use” services.
It will in fact be passed a regulation that provides for the protection of proper use to avoid the ‘ misuse and permanent roaming , namely cases where the customer buys a SIM card in another EU country where national rates are lower for use in your country or where they reside permanently abroad with a subscription to his country of origin.
It will be the European Commission having to work out the details of the limit for the proper part of the review process, by implementing measures. The same also will review the roaming market wholesale (prices that mobile operators will charge one another for the use of their networks), to make sustainable operators for the abolition of the rates roaming in the EU.
On the basis of the principle for the proper use and to protect the sector from abuse – It reads the document of the European Parliament – the operators will be allowed to charge a rate minor , lower than existing roofs.
Finally, if operators demonstrate of not being able to recover their costs, impacting on domestic prices, the national regulatory authorities, including AGCOM (Authority for the Communications), will allow increases minimum . The authorities at the same time, they will also have the means to modify or reject surcharges.
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