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Post-Brexit roaming charges will cost business travellers to EU up to £778 per month, says new research
Exclusive: 'British businesses large and small will be put at a disadvantage as they are forced to pay big roaming bills whilst our nearest neighbours pay nothing

The looming return of roaming charges after Brexit will cost business people visiting the EU up to £778 a month, new research shows.

The fees for using international data within the EU – axed under a Brussels agreement last June – are set to be brought back after Theresa May announced the UK would leave the “digital single market”.

Now House of Commons officials have helped calculate the financial hit for business travellers, if prices return to the level before roaming charges were abolished.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 70916.html

Surely any sensible business will just get an EU simcard for European travels, as they do when they visit the States etc?

Word of warning, we had family over recently, and one of their phones automatically changed over to the Turkish network, while in Nicosia, his UK network charged him £50, he rung them up and after some arguing they took it off, he argued Cyprus was an EU country etc etc.

More scaremongering by the remoaners. I am with O2 and whilst roaming non eu £5 per day 250 mins + 250 texts and unlimited data. Other UK service providers have similar packages.

Will the remoaners ever learn?...

And nothing to stop UK authorities negotiating a similar agreement to that of the EU.

merchant_banker wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:24 am More scaremongering by the remoaners. I am with O2 and whilst roaming non eu £5 per day 250 mins + 250 texts and unlimited data. Other UK service providers have similar packages.

Will the remoaners ever learn?...

This isn’t about ‘remoaners’ As you put it.... It’s something that has come from Therese May removing the UK from the digital agreement.

Varky wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:01 am And nothing to stop UK authorities negotiating a similar agreement to that of the EU.

This is the UK authority removing themselves from the agreement....

One of four providers interviewed has said...'committed to maintain the availability of roaming in the EU at no additional cost following Brexit...'
https://www.techradar.com/news/will-add ... ter-brexit

idb01 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:46 pm One of four providers interviewed has said...'committed to maintain the availability of roaming in the EU at no additional cost following Brexit...'
https://www.techradar.com/news/will-add ... ter-brexit

Thanks for that, as I am sure roaming charges would be a serious detrimental affect of brexit.

Jimgward wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:50 pm

Varky wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:01 am And nothing to stop UK authorities negotiating a similar agreement to that of the EU.

This is the UK authority removing themselves from the agreement....

Only pointing out that one of the benefits of being within the EU could be replicated when UK is out of the EU and therefore in this case it is not really a justification for staying within the EU as is being portrayed. In fact it is possible that the majority of the present such EU agreements can be mirrored with direct agreements with the UK.