Abstract
The European Commission reported on the implementation of the current Roaming II Regulation and proposed the Roaming III Regulation to run until 2022. This combined wholesale and retail price caps for voice, SMS and data (the retail data price cap being new). It also proposed the introduction of so-called structural measures intended to introduce sufficient competition to allow the withdrawal of price caps. Further reviews of the regulation are planned. A wide range of issues have been raised by the legislators, which will require to be resolved if the legislation is to be agreed and in place for the end of June 2012.Elsewhere, a number of commercial offers have been made with significantly reduced prices. For example, a consortium of Asian operators offers unlimited data access for USD 12 per day. China Mobile has reduced roaming rates in Europe to RMB 2 per minute. Russian operators have struck deals with operators in the Baltic states to offer mutual reductions, while the Polish and Russians governments helped operators to coordinate price reductions. The Gulf Cooperation Council has directed the reduction of rates between the six countries. The Australian and New Zealand governments have an inquiry underway, examining the reasons for the high prices of roaming between the two countries. The USA has acted to ensure national roaming for data services.
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