The Parliament as a whole adopted Bill No. 12150 on the implementation of EU norms on electronic communications.
This was reported by the Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov.
According to MP Iryna Herashchenko, the bill was supported by 300 MPs.
As Fedorov explains, the adoption of this bill is the last step before negotiations with the EU on joining the Roam Like at Home. Next, it must be signed by the president, and after that, negotiations will be held with the European Commission on the creation of a Single Roaming Area.
The bill will allow Ukrainian and European telecommunications operators to exchange services and work together more easily.
The Minister of Digital Transformation emphasized that thanks to the Roam Like at Home program, Ukrainians will be able to use their operatorʼs tariffs and not pay additional fees for mobile communications and the Internet in the territory of 27 EU countries, even after the end of martial law.
- Currently, Ukrainians in the EU are temporarily enjoying free roaming. Mobile operators introduced it on a voluntary basis after Russiaʼs full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
- In June last year, Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law on a Single Roaming Area with the EU. Implementing European roaming legislation was one condition for Ukraineʼs European integration in electronic communications.
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