Brussels wants to improve free homelessness in Europe |igeneration

We are not yet rid of the coronavirus, but that should not prevent thinking after.The European Commission last week proposed a new regulation on mobile homelessness within the EU.Indeed, the current regulations, which since June 2017, has used its package in Europe for no additional cost (with a few details), will end on June 30, 2022.

First objective: to extend the free roaming of ten years, or double the duration of the first regulation.The European Commission also wants to improve the quality of the service in homelessness, so that the use of its smartphone abroad is truly "at home".

"If a consumer has 4G connectivity in his country of origin, he should not go to 3G connectivity when it is roaming if 4G is available to the placed place," said the institution based onBrussels.Among French operators, Free Mobile had taken some time before offering homelessness in all European countries.Now, it is the question of roaming in 5g that will arise.

This information on the type of network available abroad is not easy to find at present.The Commission intends to correct this by obliging operators to "inform their customers of the quality of the service which they can expect in roaming by indicating it in the service contract.»»

In addition, for citizens who could not call the European emergency number 112, the new regulation provides that they can access the emergency services free of charge by other means, such as an application or via SMS.

That's not all.Wholesale prices, that is to say the maximum prices that operators are charged each time when their customers use other roaming networks, should be revised downwards.This will have an effect on the minimum quantity of roaming that operators must include in their packages.

For example, according to the calculation of Next Inpact, a package at € 20 including tax/month which includes 100 GB of data in France must include at least 11.11 GB in the European Union today.This package will have to include 13.33 GB of Data in roaming in early 2022 (it is already provided by the current regulations), then with the new regulation 16.67 GB on July 1, 2022 and finally 22.22 GB in 2025.

À noter que certains opérateurs pourront toujours demander des dérogations si ces règles leur font subir « un déficit significatif»».In fact, it is the virtual mobile operators (Mobile NRJ, Cdiscount Mobile, Lebara, etc.) that are affected.

This new regulation must still be approved by European bodies.