The officialization took place five years after the conclusion of the pact, and the measure was announced in the Official Gazette.
He National Congress approved the agreement between the countries of the Mercosur to eliminate the collection of the costs of roaming in all member states of the economic bloc.
This agreement came about after five years of negotiations. The measure was announced this Thursday in the Official bulletin. “Approve the Agreement for the Elimination of Roaming Charges International to Mercosur End Usersheld on July 17, 2019, which consists of eleven (11) articles, which, as an annex, in Spanish, is part of this law,” expresses the regulations signed by the vice president. Victoria Villarruel and the deputy Martin Menem.
Some time ago, since Secretariat of Modernization of the Nation They noted that “the objective of this initiative is strengthening and growth, through the implementation of actions to promote the reduction of prices and rates in communications between the countries of the region.”
In this framework, the initial objective was to implement a system similar to the one that governs Europewhich managed to increase roaming consumption by 1,300 percent in just its first year of implementation.
- Mobile telephone providers must apply to their users who use international roaming services the same prices that they charge for mobile services in their own country, according to the modality and plan contracted by each user.
- This provision will apply in the event that the user of a provider from a State Party makes or receives voice communications, messaging or accesses data services (Internet access) in international roaming, in the territory of another State Party.
- There must be “reasonableness” between the prices charged to the user and the prices of agreements between telecommunications providers.
- The formation of a Technical Coordination Committee, composed of representatives of all parties, which will have the objective of enabling the implementation of the agreement, determining the effective date between the States that have ratified it; and supervise the execution and compliance with what was planned.
The countries of Mercosur agreed to reduce barriers to the use of telecommunications services when crossing borders. Mauricio Macri and Sebastián Piñera They announced a pact in March, in force since August 2020, that allows mobile phone users to call and use the internet abroad without additional charges.
Argentina and Chile, Following a bilateral agreement in October 2017, they worked to eliminate the roamingensuring that tourists from both countries pay the same price for cellular services when traveling.
Source: Ambito
