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Christian Lins 1d ago

European Commission

🛬 Plane lands. Flight mode off.
💬 “Welcome to Italy! Use your mobile plan just like at home.”

8 years of free EU roaming – we've come a long way:

→ 2000s: €0.50–€1/min calls
→ 2007: roaming caps
→ 2017: the end of roaming charges
→ 2022: the improved “Roam like at home” pack extended to 2032, bringing:

🌐 Fast 5G access across the EU
💰 Protection from unexpected charges
🆘 Better access to emergency services

Fair for operators. Free for you.

@EUCommission #EU-wide competition and equal access to services & plans, when?

Elmar Billen 1d ago

@EUCommission Next, please work on simplifying the tariffs for charging electric vehicles when traveling in the EU.
#electricvehicles #eMobility #roaming #charging #ChargingInfrastructure #chargingstations

@EUCommission thank you for the efforts done to release the EP (and others) illegally imprisoned by the criminal state (Israel) #ThisIsEurope

@EUCommission love it... Just travelled fron Netherlands via Belgium and Luxembourg to France. Seamless handovers across networks, 95%+ G coverage(rest H or list signal)

G 🇮🇹1d ago

@Frieke72 @EUCommission props to you for the only comment on topic or not complaining or not complaining about something off topic 😄👍

@ranx be the change younwant to see... and such 🤓
@EUCommission

@EUCommission Plane lands? I think you mean train crosses the border. If sustainability was a priority…

Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru 1d ago

@redjives @EUCommission fun thing, I took a boat from Greece to Italy a few months ago. No issue indeed once I was in Italy, but, along the way, between non-EU territorial waters and international waters, the fees can be punitive. Luckily internet access on the boat was very reasonably priced and acceptably fast.

Christian de Larrinaga 1d ago

@EUCommission great job EU showing roaming has no market justification.

reindeerphoto 1d ago

@EUCommission
Now start with the charging of EVs.
In Germany we have a corrupt system of differend charging companies without a proper claim of costs beforehand. And no real way of using a credit card without registering and data collection of the companies...
#ev #chargers #charging #energiewende #elektromobilitat
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#ceterumcenseoAfDessedelendam

Jan Niklas Fingerle 1d ago

@reindeerphoto
As much as I believe the current system has to change ... could you please tell (1) what's currently *corrupt* and (2) how using credit cards prohibits data collection?

reindeerphoto 1d ago

@jnfingerle @EUCommission
Currupt in the sense:
If you use at the very same charging station different cards you pay different prices for the very same product (Energy). (The regulation about transmission of energy gives almost no price limit for other cards -> ad hoc prices are the gate keeper)
Data collection:
There is no need for those companies to destroy your privacy completely by using (spying) apps. Plus the concetration of data:
next part

reindeerphoto 1d ago

@jnfingerle @EUCommission
phone number, name, credit cart numbers (or what so ever), location tracking (They know the location of their charger but with the apps they track you in between)
These data are the real treasure...

Jan Niklas Fingerle 1d ago

@reindeerphoto
Your definition of "corrupt" seems to be a bit off.

And as much as I'd like not to need 10 different RFID cards for different providers, none of those track me between different chargers. You don't have to use those apps in daily use.

The main problem is that chargers are classified as part of the service and not of the infrastructure.

@jnfingerle @reindeerphoto @EUCommission I don't know how wide spread this problem is, since I don't have a car and only drived around in friends car. We've been to multiple countries on a trip with a plug-in hybrid, and it was very annoying to set up over all 8 accounts to charge the car across different countries. I think it should be unified somehow, or better yet, it should be paid at the charger.

reindeerphoto 1d ago

@jnfingerle @EUCommission
and since I guess you are a german:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8EY6q1RNNDg
Plus his rants (🤭) on the "Ladeinfrastrukturkartell"...

Dänen lügen nicht: Ist Elektroautofahren im Ausland "einfacher"? @FrankEusterholz

YouTube

François @Prague 1d ago

One of the most important achievement of the EC/EU so far. I wish it would be that "easy" to solve the EU railway infrastructure issues.

@EUCommission sadly, we in the UK do not benefit. :-(

@DoctorDNS @EUCommission

I do and I get free roaming in 27 addotional countries outside the EU as well.

10 out of the 15 UK providers provide free roaming in the EU though some of the cheapest ones limit data to 5Gb without a small fee.

You could consider switching to a proveder that doesnt't rip you off.

Teknovis 1d ago

@EUCommission Roaming in the EU is brilliant! It works flawlessly for me.

I would love to see the EU become a common market for digital content - no geographic restrictions within the EU.

I'm glad this also works for people that take a train to Italy. Something the European Commission needs to work on urgently is to stop normalising travel by plane as well as normalising many other unsustainable practices.

Joachim Nuyttens 1d ago

@justme @EUCommission Thanks for saying this @justme . I couldn't agree more.

Mitri Dat 🦉1d ago

@EUCommission In short, we'll be talking again about any advantage of all-out liberalization when Belgian telecom rates have dropped, a bit like the renationalization of British rail. (I can already hear in the distance: "yes, but that's because of Brexit..." 😂)

@EUCommission thats funny my BF has to pay to roam outside of his eu country in other eu countries

Peter Krefting 1d ago

@EUCommission Ah, how I don't miss the times with setting up call forwarding and switching SIM cards as the train from Oslo neared the Swedish border; and then doing the same dance the other way around again.

@EUCommission what will happen in 2032?

sheislaurence 1d ago

@byteborg @EUCommission exactly what I wondered, 2032 looked ominous, almost like you'd expect a regression going backwards on that timeline 😅

Christof Damian 💙💛1d ago

@EUCommission
Unless you have a German contract, then it's hit and miss

gunstick 1d ago

@EUCommission german friend comes to a visit in Luxemburg. His data does not work. Only in Germany. Is that even allowed to sell contracts which, instead of free roaming, restrict to a country?

Gilles Massen 1d ago

@gunstick Fënns de och bei der Post: z.B. Pop Mobile Mini.

gunstick 1d ago

@gmassen ech fannen dat geht entgéint der Idee vun der EU. Ann dat ass erlaabt?

Bart Veldhuizen 🚀1d ago

@EUCommission yes it’s great! However, there’s still a cap on most ‘unlimited’ plans when roaming, so it’s not truely like at home.

Joseph Martin 1d ago

@EUCommission In my opinion: a) Surveillance system in USA in the works by Palantir (Thiel & Karp) is a monstrosity & must be rejected . Their AI Algorithms are restricting Free Speech in Facebook,YouTube & now X , since Palantir & Al-Whalid ,Salman,Fink,Rothschild,Zuckerberg & Musk share investments.EUROPE MUST DEVELOP OWN NETWORKS .b) Lagarde plan to use Firms based outside EU to manage Digital Euro CBDC is treasonous & illegal: All Euro CBDC Servers ,Code & Databases must be inside Europe.

Joseph Martin 1d ago

@EUCommission Imo Palantir Surveillance AI is already restricting & manipulating Free Speech in Social Media:Anyone posts a criticism of Palantir, Karp & Thiel & automatically get the Views to their message restricted to 10 - 30 views , while the post next to it in around same time gets 500 views. In my opinion Palantir able to analyze all Social Media content and Karp,Thiel,etc. able to restrict messages distribution will kill Free Speech. In my opinion someone should tell Trump & Democrats.

SuperIlu 1d ago

@EUCommission "Fast 5G access across the EU"??!!

You haven't been to rural parts of Germany lately, have you? 😩

gunstick 1d ago

@dec_hl @EUCommission Germany prefers to make border checks. I guess to refuse anyone entry who might want to check network coverage.

👁️‍🗨️1d ago

@EUCommission as a trucker, thank you. Everytime I cross the Swiss border, I must remember to turn off the internet, otherwise it's like 50 euros every 20 min (without using the phone). I would have the same problem in every country, but I can navigate careless. Roaming is not only for tourists.

RolingMetal 1d ago

@EUCommission That's nice :) Next make WiFi cheaper.
Those fuckers keep increasing the prices, for the same shitty old p.s.t.n. adsl connection!

hallunke23 🇺🇦

Those roaming regulations are great and I love them! I was in France when SMS roaming regulations came into force. Had to pay 39ct per text when I arrived. When I left, it was down to ~9 cents.

Buuut I still have a question:

When will there be compulsory #IPv6 support in data roaming? There are several networks that turn off #IPv6 while roaming. Some even lack #IPv6 entirely.

My mail server is #IPv6only which means that I don't have access to my e-mails while roaming!

@hallunke23 Also making IPv6 deployments mandatory for providers would be great. @EUCommission

hallunke23 🇺🇦

Right.
@marlin @EUCommission

@EUCommission I think that you leave in some parallel universe: i have A1 Austria tariff, it give me only limited amount of GB in EU zone, thou - i have unlimited internet access in Austria

Thomas Schäfer 1d ago

Where should I complain if it doesn't work that way?
Vodafone doesn't provide support
@BNetzA doesn't care

mirabilos 1d ago

@EUCommission s/plane/train/ though

Rasmus Lindegaard 1d ago

@EUCommission yep. This is absolutely amazing.

The fun thing is when watching US phone reviews, and they state the great thing is that when you travel abroad, you can buy cheap esim data and use that. But thats not really needed when you are from a EU country and staying within the EU