Tue 05 April 2022:
The European Union extended its prohibition on mobile phone roaming tariffs for people using European handsets when traveling within the 27-nation bloc for another ten years on Monday.
One of the most popular pieces of legislation for EU citizens and residents is the “roam like at home” program, which allows people to make calls, send messages, and use data in other EU nations for the same price as their domestic plans.
The European Council, which represents the EU’s member states, said it had given final approval to extend the plan beyond the end of June, when the current law expires.
It will now continue until 2032.
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) noted in a statement that the renewed policy requires telecom operators to strive to give roaming at the same quality, meaning EU visitors not being shunted to lower speed 3G or 4G networks when higher speed ones are available.
BEUC’s deputy director-general Ursula Pachl called the extended policy “one of the EU’s greatest success stories for consumers” and one of the “tangible benefits” of its single market.
Many consumers in Britain, which left the European Union two years ago, are seeing roaming charges return.
At least three big British telecom operators decided to bring back added roaming fees, which average an extra two pounds (2.40 euros, $2.60) per day for those visiting the EU.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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