Download or read book The European Union Roaming Regulations written by Ewan Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union adopted a Roaming Regulation (717/2007) in 2007, then extended its duration and widened its scope (544/2009) in 2009. In 2006, the European Commission held two consultations on a possible regulation. It made a formal legislative proposal in July 2006, to implement wholesale and retail price caps, plus price transparency measures. This was debated and then adopted, with changes, by the European Parliament and Council of Ministers. After a long debate, retail price caps were accepted. The price controls began from autumn 2007. In 2008, the European Commission began a review of the Regulation. It concluded it required to be extended until 2012. It also proposed adding retail and wholesale price caps on SMS prices and a wholesale cap on data prices. To stop future bill shocks, it imposed a spending limit, requiring customers to be warned and to be asked to confirm they wished to continue spending. The European Parliament and Council of Ministers adopted this measure, with new prices cap taking effect in July 2009. The EC is currently reviewing the effectiveness of the amended Regulation.

Download or read book EU Roaming Regulation written by European Commission. Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The EU Roaming Regulation which will enter into force in June abolishes the last border in Europe's internal market. As from this summer, European consumers will be able to profit from substantially lower charges when using their mobile phone abroad. The Regulation does not fix an ideal price for roaming charges, but ensures that mobile roaming voice charges are not unjustifiably higher than charges at home.

Download or read book Regulation of International Roaming in the European Union Lessons Learned written by Jorge Infante and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews the regulation of intra-EU international roaming services, based on available empirical evidence from the comprehensive BEREC reports on roaming, as well as other data sources such as the European Commission, the OECD, and European NRAs. The intra-EU international roaming market is rather large (4% of total mobile revenues) when compared to roaming markets in other regions (1-2% of mobile revenues), and it is dominated in terms of revenues by voice roaming services (around 70% of total roaming revenues). EU initiatives to regulate international roaming have evolved toward increasingly regulatory activity applied through a system based on maximum price caps. Today, intra-EU price caps are applied to retail and wholesale roaming voice; retail and wholesale roaming SMS; and wholesale data roaming. Intra-EU voice and SMS roaming prices have suffered a steep decline from 2007 to 2010, following the glidepath set by regulation. There has been little evidence of genuine market-based competition, and prices have stayed close to the caps, despite the generous retail margins. Intra-EU data roaming services have experience a relevant decrease in both wholesale charges and retail prices, in line with the natural dynamics of an emergent market segment, but prices, especially at retail level, are still high compared to the underlying costs and to the equivalent domestic tariffs. The dynamics of retail international roaming prices are largely explained by lack of competitive pressure in retail roaming markets, and inelastic demand. Wholesale roaming markets are more complex to analyze, due to internalization of traffic by large groups, and reciprocal agreements with a relevant share of balanced traffic. The analysis of intra-EU wholesale and retail roaming data shows that in international roaming markets wholesale charge reductions are not necessary passed to retail prices. Thus a consistent combination of wholesale and retail international roaming regulation is necessary to ensure that benefits are passed to end users. Some of the international roaming measures enforced within the EU could be also applied in other countries or regions, such as for instance the data roaming cut-off limit to prevent bill shock. Further regulatory action is possible through reciprocal agreements between countries to regulate wholesale and retail roaming prices. Such agreements are especially encouraged between countries that have similar retail and wholesale structures in the international roaming market, and a shared political view to strengthen economic, social, and cultural ties.

Download or read book Roaming written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The end of roaming surcharges in the EU is one of the flagship achievements of the EU that has generated tangible benefits for EU citizens. It is a key foundation of the EU's Digital Single Market, and a major step in building an accessible, sustainable digital society for all citizens. After many years of work, on 15 June 2017, the EU achieved the objective that mobile roaming charges for calling, sending text messages and mobile internet no longer applied when citizens use their mobile phone in another EU country and the EEA (European Economic Area - Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). Since that date, citizens are able to make use of these mobile services for the same price that they would pay if they were at home. On 1 July 2022, the new improved roaming regulation entered into force, extending 'roam-like-at-home' until 2032. The new rules also improve transparency on access to emergency services as well as services that may be subject to extra charges. Finally, the new rules will bring about significant benefits for EU citizens, who will enjoy a better roaming experience, with the same quality of mobile service abroad as they have at home. This Flash Eurobarometer was commissioned by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology to measure, several years after the abolition of roaming charges, EU citizens' perception of roaming rules as well as EU citizens' mobile use when travelling within the EU or EEA. In each of the 27 EU Member States, Ipsos European Public Affairs interviewed a representative sample of residents, aged 16 and over, who had travelled to another country in the EU or EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway) in the past two years and who are able to call, text and/or use mobile internet on their mobile phone when travelling in the EU. Between 27 February and 3 March 2023, 5 271 interviews were conducted via mobile phone telephones. Survey data are weighted to known population proportions. The EU27 averages are weighted according to the estimated size of the 16+ target population of each EU Member State. A technical note on the methods applied to conduct the survey is appended as an annex to this report.

Download or read book The EU Roaming Regulation Upheld and Reviewed written by Ewan Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Court of Justice upheld the Roaming Regulation (717 2007), rejecting the challenge by the four largest mobile operators that the legal basis on Article 95 EC (now Article 115 TFEU) was invalid and that it violated the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity. The European Commission's interim report on the second Roaming Regulation (544 2009) found widespread compliance by operators, but prices at or just under the mandatory ceilings. The EC's Digital Agenda sets a goal of finding a robust solution for roaming by 2012 and has performance indicators of bringing roaming prices down from their present level to national prices levels by 2015.

Download or read book Roaming written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The end of roaming surcharges in the EU is one of the flagship achievements of the EU that has generated tangible benefits for EU citizens. It is a key foundation of the EU's Digital Single Market, and a major step in building an accessible, sustainable digital society for all citizens. After many years of work, on 15 June 2017, the EU achieved the objective that mobile roaming charges for calling, sending text messages and mobile internet no longer applied when citizens use their mobile phone in another EU country and the EEA (European Economic Area - Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). Since that date, citizens are able to make use of these mobile services for the same price that they would pay if they were at home. On 1 July 2022, the new improved roaming regulation entered into force, extending 'roam-like-at-home' until 2032. The new rules also improve transparency on access to emergency services as well as services that may be subject to extra charges. Finally, the new rules will bring about significant benefits for EU citizens, who will enjoy a better roaming experience, with the same quality of mobile service abroad as they have at home. This Flash Eurobarometer was commissioned by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology to measure, several years after the abolition of roaming charges, EU citizens' perception of roaming rules as well as EU citizens' mobile use when travelling within the EU or EEA. In each of the 27 EU Member States, Ipsos European Public Affairs interviewed a representative sample of residents, aged 16 and over, who had travelled to another country in the EU or EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway) in the past two years and who are able to call, text and/or use mobile internet on their mobile phone when travelling in the EU. Between 27 February and 3 March 2023, 5 271 interviews were conducted via mobile phone telephones. Survey data are weighted to known population proportions. The EU27 averages are weighted according to the estimated size of the 16+ target population of each EU Member State. A technical note on the methods applied to conduct the survey is appended as an annex to this report.

Download or read book The EU Roaming Regulation and Its Non compliance with Article 95 EC written by Martin Brenncke and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The EU Roaming Regulation and Its Non compliance Eith Article 95 EC written by Martin Brenncke and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Review of the Roaming Regulation written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report to the European Parliament Committees on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and Industry, Research, and Energy provides briefing in relation to the proposed extension in time and scope of the Roaming Regulation 2007, otherwise due to come to the end of its validity in June 2010. Under the Regulation, an EU-wide limit which declines each year is imposed on the retail charges that mobile telephone companies are allowed to charge per minute of roaming telephone calls made or received, and also to the wholesale charges levied by operators for carrying these calls. There are also requirements for transparency of charges.

Download or read book EU Abolishes Mobile Roaming Charges written by Cornelia Klugman and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost all EU residents own a mobile phone for their personal or professional use. When they travel to another EU country and use it to call, text or go online, they used to have to pay additional costs (roaming charges). This situation, which made travel within the EU more complicated and expensive for consumers and businesses, has come to an end: the latest EU Roaming Regulation abolished the extra costs on 15 June 2017. Since then, 'roam like at home' (RLAH) has become a reality for all Europeans. The new roaming-free zone covers not only the EU, but the whole of the European Economic Area (EEA), which includes the EU and three European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

Download or read book Regulation of International Roaming Data Services Within the EU written by Morten Falch and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book EU Retail Roaming Regulation Triggers Competition Mechanisms of Wholesale Roaming Markets that Make Wholesale Prices Competitive written by Philippe Deniau and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Commission (EC) draft Regulation (2016)2 on wholesale roaming market proposes a massive decrease of the regulated roaming wholesale price caps for data with a drop from €5ct/MB to €0.85 ct/MB to enable the abolition of retail roaming surcharges in Europe by 15 June 2017. However, according to both the "TSM" Regulation text (2015/2120 25th November 2015) itself which imposes the implementation of Roaming Like At Home (RLAH) in Europe and to the decision of the European Court of Justice upholding the first European roaming regulation (ECJ C-58/08 8 June 2010), a wholesale roaming regulation can be justified in parallel of retail regulation only in case of market failure in the wholesale market and in order to prevent the existence of competitive distortions between mobile operators on the internal market. Therefore, wholesale roaming markets regulation should only address identified competitiveness issues. This paper deals with the question of the competitiveness of the wholesale roaming market regarding two angles: the existence of competitive mechanisms and incentives in wholesale roaming markets and the average level of wholesale roaming market prices in comparison with the corresponding level of full production costs. It shows that wholesale roaming markets exhibit competition mechanisms and incentives triggered by roaming volume growth resulting from the perspective of RLAH retail regulation. It also shows that in 2015, the average level of wholesale roaming market prices in Europe is equivalent to the average level of wholesale roaming production costs. Therefore the wholesale roaming market is competitive. Strong regulatory intervention such as large decrease of wholesale roaming caps is neither justified nor proportionate, generates serious risk of distortion of visited markets and jeopardises investments in mobile networks.

Download or read book Vodafone Facing the EU Roaming Regulations written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Roaming written by Colin Blackman and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth analysis was prepared by Policy Department A at the request of the ITRE Committee. It examines the impacts one year after implementation of the EU’s Roaming Regulation that introduced Roam Like at Home (RLAH), by reviewing both the retail and wholesale markets. The retail roaming market was found to be performing well for most stakeholders. However, in the wholesale market, adjusting the wholesale price cap is necessary so that MVNOs may compete more effectively.

Download or read book Achieving a Roaming Free Europe written by Tony Shortall and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European roaming rates are not set by market forces because when a competitive market did not evolve in Europe, European legislators stepped in to set rates by legislative fiat. This paper argues that legislators' tendency to set rates cautiously led to high wholesale prices that undermined smaller operators' ability to put roaming-free offers into the market. Operators with larger footprints are less constrained by wholesale pricing since more roaming traffic is kept on-net. In this context, the outright abolition of retail roaming charges without wholesale backstops bestows a competitive advantage on larger operators. The paper notes the experience of the US where roaming persists for all operators but retail customers can avoid roaming charges subject to significant cut off limits. The effective wholesale roaming rate in the US is estimated at just above 1 eurocent per minute for voice while rates are observable for national roaming in Europe of 1 eurocent for voice, and 0.2 eurocent for data and 0.2 eurocent for SMS events. It is proposed that such rates would be appropriate for wholesale roaming in Europe and that these rates would facilitate pan-EU retail offers such as those observable in the US. Unlike the US, European operators charge each other termination rates to carry calls from other networks. This creates another barrier to pan-EU retail offers and creates tensions (and transfers) from low cost termination markets to high cost termination markets. This inconsistency of approach must be addressed if the elimination of intra-EU roaming is to be possible. It is suggested that low but consistent termination rates would be required to go with the low wholesale roaming rates and that these rates would need the speed and consistency of application delivered through a Regulation. The extension of retail caps to international calls and SMS is unwarranted and may have adverse effects on network valuation. Such a major policy initiative would benefit from a public consultation.

Download or read book What Lies Beyond the Second Roaming Regulation written by Ewan Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second EU Roaming Regulation extended the scope and duration of the regulation of the prices for international mobile roaming. It is now subject to review by the European Commission, with the option of a further legislative proposal. Some waterbed effects can be seen in prices for non-European destinations and non-European visitors. This article examines the options before the EC. Despite calls for a more sophisticated approach, there is no simple way to the general regulatory framework, in the absence of a workable market definition. Thus the most likely outcome is a further period of regulation, given concern that prices will rise if the existing caps were removed. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14636691011040459.

Download or read book The Trade Mobile Roaming Regulations 2023 written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 2023-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enabling power: Trade Act 2021, ss. 2 (1) (9), 4 (1). Issued: 01.03.2023. Sifted: -. Made: 24.02.2023. Laid: -. Coming into force: 06.04.2023. Effect: SI. 2007/1933; 2009/1591; 2013/822; 2014/2715; 2019/587 revoked. Territorial extent & classification: E/W/S/NI. General. EC note: Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 & Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2116 revoked. Supersedes draft S.I. (ISBN 9780348242515) published 15.12.2022