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The abolition of roaming charges within the EU pushed as expected in the future. But 2017 phones work throughout the Union without additional charges.
The abolition of roaming charges within the EU pushed as expected in the future. But 2017 phones work throughout the Union without additional charges.
On 15 June 2017, all the extra charges for using mobile phones abroad be gone in the EU. Roaming charges on calls, SMS and data shall then be entirely abolished.
This was announced by the parties after twelve hours of negotiations, which lasted well into the night on Tuesday.
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– This is a great success for the EU and the Latvian presidency, said Mr Anrijs MATĪSS, Latvia’s Transport Minister.
But the issue has divided the EU. Both the EU -parlamentet and the Commission has previously embraced a plan that would abolish roaming charges in December 2015 some member states turned to.
Among other things, described the Swedish IT Minister Mehmet Kaplan, the rapid abolition unrealistic.
– It sounds good, but so far no one managed to answer how free roaming will be achieved, he said to DN earlier this year, when negotiations are still in progress.
A step towards lower Prices is already next spring. From April 2016, operators may not charge more than five euro cents, or 46 cents, per call minute or megabyte of mobile data. For every sms get two cents, 18 cents, added when the cell phone is used abroad. These prices are excluding VAT.
The decision contains some reservations. Although no additional charges will apply when a Swedish mobile is used in another EU country will not be possible to permanently employ a foreign, cheaper subscriptions.
EU Commission describes it as abuse, but it remains To see exactly how the rules should be designed.
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