The European Parliament approved the abolition of roaming charges since mid-2017. – Onet.pl

 
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  The European Parliament approved the abolition of roaming charges since mid-2017.
 
 
 

– It’s amazing what we have achieved. Together with the Member States, the European Parliament led to the fact that since July 2017. Will be abolished roaming charges. This is a huge benefit for users – said in the debate preceding the vote, MEP of the European People’s Party Kriszjanis Karinsz.

How stressed It is not so that citizens gain and lose service because changes also provide operators with the conditions of safe investment. In addition to the abolition of roaming charges reform provides for the introduction of net neutrality, which prevents discrimination by companies providing access to a network of individual providers of online services.

– This is another step towards the integration of telecommunication markets towards a digital single market – assessed Patrizia Toia from the Socialist Group. She urged the European Commission to this immediately after the adoption of the new regulations started work on the review of the wholesale market because it is necessary that customers really enjoy the abolition of roaming.

About what changes have taken place in this market in recent years, reminded Vicky Ford of the European Conservatives and Reformists. – Citizens of European countries experienced a shock, give a phone bill after returning from abroad – said MEP and indicated that after the entry into force of amendments when abroad, you can use your phone at home.

Subsidies roaming connections for users abroad will fall gradually. From 30 April 2016. Will have a minimum of 5 cents per minute phone call, 2 cents for sending text messages and 5 cents per megabyte of data transmitted. These rates operator will add to your national rate.

However, the maximum total price for using your mobile abroad after April 30 will not change – now is 19 cents per minute of talk time, 6 cents per SMS and 20 cents for the data transfer.

The new regulations stipulate, however, that from 15 June 2017. while on holiday abroad, do not pay more for phone calls than in the country. – Operators will not be able to impose on customers additional fees for using the phone or for the transmission of data in the EU. In the end, we managed to break the resistance of the Council in this matter – Rose emphasized Thun (PO).

Operators they can, however, use of safeguards to protect them against the abuse of phone use outside of the home country network. If the user is excessively phone calls or transmit data from abroad, and not the occasion for example. Holiday trips, the operators will be able to restrict and charge user additional cost (fair usage clause).

This can happen when you buy a SIM card in another EU country where rates of mobile operators are lower than in its country of residence. Therefore, if a user exceeds a specified limit calls from abroad, this operator will be able to walk one on his small additional fee. The European Commission has set the limits permitted use until 15 December 2016.

to 15 June 2017. After crossing the border will continue to receive SMS roaming charges, but later such notification will be sent only if the clause of fair use.

EP also supported the provisions concerning net neutrality. The idea is that companies, offering access to its own network, do not discriminate in any way for visitors to other companies.

The limited capacity of the transmission grid makes the need for traffic management. The operator can deliberately delay the transmission of data, or not submitted at all, eg. In relation to services in competition with its own offer. Thus, the provider of Internet access can block and disrupt service to extort eg. An additional charge on companies that offer the ability to watch movies and listen to music online.

The new regulations stipulate that block or slow the transmission will be possible only in exceptional cases, such as. risk of cyber attack or overburden the network.

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