EU may end all roaming charges

peterdoo · 21-12-2016, 13:41

To be able to get a contract, one normally has to prove the links to the country of the operator (credit rating, address, bank account...). In most of the cases it is not possible for people not living in a country to get a postpaid contract. So the probability is low that users from other countries would use a SIM in permanent roaming mode. There are still some possibilities to do it, however those should be stopped by the "60 days within 4 months" rule.

On prepaid it is very easy for anybody to get a SIM and use it in permanent roaming. This is something, the free EU-roaming was not designed for. That is why the operators got stronger tools to prevent that situations for prepaid.

The operators can use less strict FUP if they wish, like for example Vodafone Netherlands and Germany and Telekom Germany which currently use almost identical FUP in prepaid EU-roaming as they do at home.

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peterdoo (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 137 Join Date: 20 Sep 2013 Country:	21-12-2016, 13:41 To be able to get a contract, one normally has to prove the links to the country of the operator (credit rating, address, bank account...). In most of the cases it is not possible for people not living in a country to get a postpaid contract. So the probability is low that users from other countries would use a SIM in permanent roaming mode. There are still some possibilities to do it, however those should be stopped by the "60 days within 4 months" rule. On prepaid it is very easy for anybody to get a SIM and use it in permanent roaming. This is something, the free EU-roaming was not designed for. That is why the operators got stronger tools to prevent that situations for prepaid. The operators can use less strict FUP if they wish, like for example Vodafone Netherlands and Germany and Telekom Germany which currently use almost identical FUP in prepaid EU-roaming as they do at home.