According to Italian media reports, Struggle Comprehensive Compilation in Italy: Friday (July 1) The new EU roaming regulations will take effect, which will extend the exemption from roaming fees in the EU for another 10 years, until 2032.
reported that according to the new regulations, in all member states of the European Union, mobile phone users do not need to pay roaming charges when traveling internationally. The charges for making and receiving calls, sending and receiving text messages, and surfing the Internet should be the same as when the consumer does not go abroad.
European Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager said: "According to EU regulations, we can have the same experience when roaming as at home. When we travel to other EU countries, we can all make free calls, send text messages and use the Internet. , This is of great benefit to the European integration market. These rules will also make prices between operators more competitive.”
reported that the new regulations require operators to ensure that consumers travel to other EU countries. , all should obtain the same connection quality and speed as in their home country if network conditions permit.
EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said that the new regulations will ensure faster Internet speeds and greater transparency, and we will continue to work hard to improve the lives of EU residents.
According to reports, the EU proposed to cancel roaming fees in EU countries in 2017, and began to collect various roaming-related feedback in 2020. And the relevant survey feedback results will be announced in 2021. The results show that 33% of consumers said that the Internet speed in other EU countries is lower than that in their own country, and 28% of consumers said that the network version they use is lower. For example, it is 4G in their home country, but they can only use 3G when going abroad. .
To this end, the European Union’s new regulations that will be implemented on July 1, 2022 have made rigid provisions on this, requiring operators to ensure that users must obtain the same network as in the country after going abroad if the network in the destination country allows it. quality. For example, if users who use 5G networks in China can use 5G after going abroad, roaming users should also be able to use 5G networks without spending extra money. (Struggle in Italy)
