Roaming in the EU can go to 2014

Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, is pressing Parliament to put an end to roaming within the EU charges.

In a speech today to the Parliament, Kroes demanded support to move through legislation a complete package of telecommunications for all of Europe through the Passover of 2014.

I want to show the people that the EU is relevant to their lives. Did the digital rules catch up with its legitimate. I want you to be able to go back to their constituents and say that you were able to put an end to mobile roaming costs.

The European Parliament has already taken some steps to reduce the cost of roaming in the Union, with the most recent that in effect in July 2012. Currently roaming charges to end-users should not exceed 0.29 for calls and 0.08 for out calls.

The most reduced to 0.19 and 0.05, respectively in July this year. Roaming data transfer caps also will reduce the current 0.70 to 0.40 per megabyte (all prices are without VAT). Although much less that it was years ago, it is still significantly more expensive that Europeans pay within their domestic markets.

Waiver to set roaming charges would be great news for the citizens of the European Union, which no longer be concerned about inflated phone bills when traveling abroad.

Other aspects that potential legislation aims to take action is the net neutrality and cybercrime, which usually vary greatly between Member States.

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