EU may end all roaming charges

[inquisitor]

HMG isn't alone with their opposition. According to several reports in the German-speaking media from 25 September (linked below) not a single country has agreed to the EU Commission's proposals for future roaming regulations. France and Italy have even fully rejected Neelie Kroes' plans which are also unlikey to find sufficient support by the Council of the European Union. Members of the European Parliament are cited saying that there is no need to railroad through reforms of the telecoms sector before the upcoming elections to the European Parliament to be held between 22 and 25 May 2014.

http://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrich...Gebuehren.html
http://www.n24.de/n24/Nachrichten/Wi...gebuehren.html
http://www.billiger-telefonieren.de/...nd_133616.html

[NFH]

Interesting. I can understand the UK (Vodafone), France (France Télécom), Germany (Deutsche Telekom) and Spain (Telefónica) objecting, given that they are the home country of most EU multinational mobile networks, but Italy is surprising. On the other hand, it is hardly surprising that no small countries object because the status quo affects them disproportionately.

[tux]

Originally Posted by Effendi

Italian Governmen isn't against it, but Italian operators are, of course!

I think almost every carrier in the EU is against Neelie But in my last post I was referring to this:

Originally Posted by inquisitor

France and Italy have even fully rejected Neelie Kroes' plans which are also unlikey to find sufficient support by the Council of the European Union.