Sarajevo, Brisel, (MINA-BUSINESS) – The Regional Cooperation Council says that a new regulatory roaming agreement is in the pipeline, while the reduction of roaming prices is expected to start in July of 2019.
According to the RCC, the second round of negotiations on the new Regional Roaming Agreement for the Western Balkans was held in Brussels today.
The RCC Secretary General Majlinda Bregu said that it was in the best interest of the economies, citizens and the politicians to finalise the Regional Roaming Agreement as soon as possible, which would additionally reduce the roaming costs by July 2019.
She argued that this would pave the way to “Roam Like at Home” (RLAH) and zero roaming cost in 2021.
“If we want people to understand the real impact of our efforts in promoting the regional cooperation, let’s sign this agreement in April. This is the logic of Europe’s borderless single market that was created more than 50 years ago and this should be a tangible result of the RCC,” said Bregu.
The RCC reminds that it took 10 years for the EU to introduce RLAH, which is why the six Western Balkan countries WB6 should be commended for the ambition and courage to complete this process in approximately 2.5 years.
“The new all-inclusive WB6 Regional Roaming Agreement not only has a very important symbolic value for the region as it follows the alignment with EU, its value also lies in the fact that it generates direct and immediate impact, benefits and savings for all WB6 citizens,” the press release says.
The RCC says that with the new Regional Roaming Agreement there will be no additional roaming costs for all WB economies’ end-users as of July 2021 and citizens will pay regular prices just like when using these services at home.
The work on the new Regional Roaming Agreement is a part of the Multi-Annual Action Plan on Regional Economic Area (MAP REA) in the Western Balkans, the prime ministers from the region committed to in Trieste in July of 2017.
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