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Britons Could Face Roaming Charges in the EU After Brexit

posted by martyb on Friday September 14 2018, @03:19AM   
from the when-in-Rome,-charge-as-the-roamers-do? dept.

takyon writes:

Free mobile phone roaming 'not guaranteed' with a no-deal Brexit

Britons visiting the EU could be hit with mobile phone roaming charges in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said the government would try to force firms to limit charges but he could not give a "cast iron guarantee" on the issue. The EU directive which capped the prices mobile phone operators could charge each other will no longer apply to the UK after Brexit.

Mr Raab said that two mobile operators had agreed to keep free data roaming. And the government is proposing to cap any data charges at £45 a month.

In an interview with BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg, the Brexit secretary said the government was trying to give the "reassurance that consumers need" on the issue of mobile phone roaming charges but admitted that European operators could pass on charges. He said: "No, I can't give a cast-iron guarantee. What I can say is that the government would legislate to limit the ability of roaming charges to be imposed on customers."

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• Re:This is what happens when you give common Re:This is what happens when you give common (Score: 2) by Whoever on Friday September 14 2018, @01:50PM (3 children)

  by Whoever (4524) on Friday September 14 2018, @01:50PM (#734814) Journal

  2017 is long after the EU started limiting roaming costs, idiot.

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• Re:This is what happens when you give common Re:This is what happens when you give common (Score: 2) by choose another one on Friday September 14 2018, @02:50PM (2 children)

  by choose another one (515) on Friday September 14 2018, @02:50PM (#734847)

  The switch from pay-per-minute roaming to inclusive (free) was 2017, until then you could still get massive roaming bills especially for data.

  I can now get inclusive (free) roaming in way more countries than just the EU 27, the EU directive hasn't done that because it doesn't apply in those countries, the market has changed.

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  • Re:This is what happens when you give common Re:This is what happens when you give common (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @05:58PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @05:58PM (#734937)

    He is talking about limits to roaming fees the providers ask for among each other.
    Those are what made the relatively cheap (which for data was still really expensive) special EU roaming package offers possible.

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    • Re:This is what happens when you give common (Score: 2) by choose another one on Saturday September 15 2018, @09:08AM

      by choose another one (515) on Saturday September 15 2018, @09:08AM (#735239)

      What made the free/inclusive roaming packages that cover a dozens of non-EU countries available then ?

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