Eu Regulatory Issues

[Andytel]

Originally Posted by snaimon

I suspect the providers will have plenty to say against free inbound roaming WITHOUT compensation in home country. How will they make up for those lost revenues?

The road to free roaming is still long, because in the actual business model roaming fees are a rich source of revenues, both directly and through the application of expensive interconnection fees.

If somebody is willing to read the GSMA argumentation on this matter, here is a link:
http://www.gsmworld.com/news/press_2...ess06_23.shtml

and the link to the press release, upon which the article in italian in the first post of this thread was probably based:
http://www.gsmworld.com/documents/press/gs...int_roaming.pdf

Among the ridiculous justifications for keeping roaming prices high, I found:
"Operators? voice revenues per minute for all calls (international roaming and domestic), have been declining at an average rate of 5% per annum over the last four years across Europe and this decline is accelerating" and "Operators have invested heavily in the roll out of 3G networks".
I leave the comments up to you...