Roam like at home
Date: 06 julio 2017
Section: Consumo
On 15 June 2017, the last charges for roaming disappeared. These were paid to the telephone operator when you travelled to another EU country.
Any new or existing contract which includes roaming services will, by default, be a roam like at home contract. The new EU regulations cover data services, voice calls and SMS.
Up until now, when you travelled to another EU country, your mobile phone operator would charge a different and higher rate for mobile phone communications (voice calls, SMS, data) made in that country. Over the last ten years, the EU has been gradually asking mobile phone operator to reduce these roaming charges significantly to the benefit of consumers. If you travel regularly to other EU countries, you will probably have already noticed a sharp decrease in roaming prices in the last decade.
The European Commission has made a series of recommendations on roaming which we list here in light of their importance.