Not only will it stay the European regulation in force for another 10 years which allows us to call, send SMS and above all surf the internet in the 27 EU countries (and for now also in the United Kingdom, despite Brexit) without additional costs, but from today the maximum threshold of GB usable abroad increases.
Net of any more generous packages offered by individual operators, the decrease in the cost of a wholesale gigabyte from 2.5 to 2 euros will result in an automatic increase in the GB amount usable when we are across the border without paying an extra euro (if not, in fact, when we go beyond those roofs).
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The decline in the wholesale price of GB
The cost of connectivity, that is, of the wholesale GB, will follow a path of annual price decrease until 2027: for that year, subject to revisions, it should have dropped to 1 euro, to stay there until 2032. The increase in the volume of traffic granted to us abroad is in fact linked to the particular mechanism with which operators must calculate the threshold within which we can navigate without costs outside the country of reference, in order to avoid incorrect and opportunistic use (for example , subscribe to a more advantageous season ticket in Italy but living in Belgium), honoring the provisions of the regulation Roam like at Homewhich is now being extended by a decade and updated.
The formula is as follows: the cost of the telephone plan separated from VAT it must be divided by the cost of the wholesale GB and multiplied by two. It is therefore clear that if the denominator falls, and falls to 2 euros from 1 July, the data threshold available to users when they travel in the European Union rises.
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The situation of Italian operators
Come explains Dday, Iliad has not yet updated the GB amount, but will make it more generous than the basic threshold resulting from the calculation; Tim instead it has already updated everything even as of May 30 in some cases by rounding up (you can obviously check the threshold from the My Tim app); Vodafone it will align itself from today, limiting itself in this case also to what is imposed by the legislation (here the page to calculate the GB based on the cost of your offer); WindTre is 6 months ahead, since for the calculation it already applies the cost of € 1.80 per GB (here the calculator); Fastwebfinally, it makes more European GBs available than all the others, considering the costs of its plans.
The Announcements of the extension also provides that operators and suppliers guarantee the same roaming quality offered in the country of residence (obviously if the same conditions are available in the country you are visiting) and grant a series of services free of charge as well as promote the European emergency number, 112.