Thursday, May 19, 2016

The head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service called for the abolition of roaming in Russia – Lenta.ru

The international roaming for the Russians will become cheaper in 2016. This was stated by the Head of FAS Russia Igor Artemyev, reports “Interfax”. Russian domestic roaming, according to the head of department, should be abolished.

Artemyev said that currently negotiations are underway to reduce the cost of roaming abroad. According to the official, the working group includes companies from 22 countries, including Europe.

«We will work to [reduce the cost of roaming to Russian operators], and I think this year it will happen” – said . it

Artemyev said that the cost of roaming the Russian cellular operators in the CIS countries has already significantly reduced -. 40-50 percent

18:30 19 August 2015

«With regard to the Russian domestic roaming: I hold the view that it can not be, it should be withdrawn equal to zero “, – said the head of FAS Russia. Work in this direction is underway Antimonopoly Service and the Ministry of Communications.

In October 2015 the European Parliament approved the abolition of roaming within the EU in the summer of 2017. In addition, on April 30, 2016, according to the decision of the European legislator, the cost of roaming and mobile Internet will be significantly reduced. However, MEPs compromised with mobile operators, allowing them to determine the scope and duration of the telephone conversations the maximum number of sms at the cheapest rate. In addition, MPs have legislated equality of access to the Internet.

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