Roaming stays free in Europe for another 10 years and brings improvements

One of the most important changes that have taken place in recent years in the field of telecommunications has been the abandonment of roaming in Europe. This scenario ensures that we can be located in any country in the European Union without paying extra for a single call.

The guarantee of the success of this process is its use from the moment of its implementation. Now it has been updated and is guaranteed for another 10 years with some new features and improvements that make it even more attractive and useful for users.

The new roaming regime in the European Union (EU) came into effect on Friday. This will allow people on the go to make phone calls, send messages and surf the Internet at no extra charge.

New Roaming rules, which entered into force on July 1, applies to the EU countries, as well as the European Economic Area, which includes Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. This is until 2032 limiting the cost of using mobile phones while roaming in Europe.

The new rules set a limit of two euros per gigabyte (GB) for data services this year, which will drop to 1.8 euros (euros)/GB in 2023. This value will continue to fall to 1 EUR/GB in 2027 for wholesale. rates.

In addition to this service definition, there are also some important changes. Operators offering mobile services must guarantee consumers access to 4G or 5G networks when available in the country in which they are traveling.

For voice services the limits are 0.022 EUR/minute in 2022-2024 and 0.019 EUR/minute from 2025, while for messages (SMS) the maximum value is 0.004 EUR/SMS in 2022-2024 and 0.003 EUR/SMS from 2025 . .

It is with these rules that users will be able to visit any country in the European Union and receive prices that are practiced in their country of origin. These new rules will be in effect until 2032, guaranteeing this scenario without any restrictions.