The European Commission has adopted a proposal to review the current roaming regulation. The proposal is quite conservative, as it extend for further 10 years the current regime of Roam-Like-At-Home (so called […]
Will Brexit put to end free mobile roaming between Uk and EU?
The answer is: likely yes, but not automatically or immediately. The current arrangement between UK and EU, namely the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, provides at Article SERVIN.5.36.4 that: “Nothing in this Article […]
Roaming is ending for users, not for operators: the potential consequences
The roaming reform finally entering into force on June 15, 2017 is right and due, because European citizens deserve, although within the limits of simple traveling, the end of roaming surcharges […]
Why the end of roaming surcharges is not the start of a Single Telecom Market
The single telecom market which had to be In the last few years many people, including me, believed that the phasing-out of roaming surcharges would have shaken the European telecom market, transforming […]
What the European institutions will not say about the disguised end of roaming surcharges: the end of mobile competition and the rise of mobile tariffs
BREAKING NEWS: DURING THE NIGHT THE TRILOGUE AGREED UPON EURO 7,7 EURO/GIGA TO FALL UP TO 2,5 EURO/GIGA IN THE NEXT YEARS. I REGRETTABLY CONFIRM THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN MY BELOW POST […]
The confused international roaming saga in the EU (and the Finnish solution, hopefully)
UPDATE: on November 29, 2016 the ITRE committee of the European Parliament endorsed the proposal of MEP Kampala-Natri, with even lower prices for data. Roaming surcharges will be definitively and completely abolished […]
Why it is so difficult (but not impossible) to get rid of roaming surcharges
It’s today’s news that the European Commission has withdrawn, upon request of the President’s office, the proposed measure implementing the roaming phasing-out prescribed by the EU Regulation 2015/2120 which amended the Roaming […]
The (quasi) end of roaming, i.e. the unpredictable consequences of the Grexit
Believe it or not, the Greek financial drama was fundamental to finalize today the long-awaited European agreement for the end of roaming surcharges and the regulation of net neutrality. Just few weeks […]
Will Google ever become a (virtual) mobile operator?
Latest news reported that Google is negotiation an agreement with Hutchison Whampoa permitting to the US company to launch a mobile service worldwide charging the same for calls, texts and mobile data […]
The European governments find a deal on roaming and net neutrality: a low-level compromise
The Council of the EU, which is currently lead by the Latvian presidency, finally stroke an agreement on the draft proposal about roaming and net-neutrality. A mandate has been given to the […]