INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The European Union has confirmed that roaming charges for British visitors to the EU and vice versa will return in the event of a no-deal
Brexit.All roaming fees were abolished across the EU in June 2017 following several years of price cuts, as per European law
However, these regulations will not automatically apply should the UK crash out of the EU without an agreement.The UK government had already
warned that mobile operators would not be obliged to offer tariff-free roaming should a deal not be reached, and this has now been echoed by
failure to each a withdrawal agreement
extension to Article 50 last week.Should the Withdrawal Agreement be approved by MPs this week, then Brexit would take place on 22 May
In this case, existing roaming legislation would remain in place during a transition period
However, there is nothing to stop individual operators negotiating their own wholesale rates with foreign counterparts.Three has already
confirmed it will not charge for roaming in the event of a No Deal Brexit, while Vodafone has operations in several major European economies
It is also possible that European operators will offer British networks access to their services in exchange for a similar arrangement for
