The EU abolished roaming charges in 2017. This continues to apply in Great Britain, even if the country is no longer part of the European Union since Brexit. That was the result of a dpa survey.
UK travelers with a German mobile phone contract do not have to worry about roaming charges for the time being, despite the Brexit. This was the result of a survey by the German Press Agency among mobile phone providers.
Although the UK de facto dropped out of the EU’s roaming regulation with Brexit, providers on both sides did not initially charge any additional fees for the use of mobile data in the respective foreign country. In Great Britain, both Vodafone and the provider EE have now announced that they want to change this again from January 2022. Free roaming in EU countries should then only be available in certain tariffs.
Vodafone in Germany, on the other hand, said they had no plans to raise roaming charges in Great Britain again. Deutsche Telekom customers do not have to fear any additional costs. According to the companies, this will also be the case with O2 and 1 & 1 until the end of the year. However, the providers wanted to keep open whether this will still apply after 2021. This depends on negotiations with the roaming partners, it said on request. You will inform your customers at the appropriate time.
Roaming charges within the EU were abolished in 2017. Since then, European mobile phone users have been able to make phone calls or surf the web while on vacation, largely without worry. So far, this also applies to the United Kingdom, despite Brexit, which finally divorced from the EU at the turn of the year.
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