Hard Brexit Impact Analysis

Page 63 of 106 Category If no agreement is reached: Consequence EU Document Media Telecoms FIXED AND MOBILE TERMINATION RATES: As of the withdrawal date, the EU's regulatory framework leading to low wholesale voice termination rates will no longer apply to EU service providers as regards calls between the EU and the United Kingdom. This may lead to increases in the wholesale termination rates for calls from the EU to the United Kingdom and ultimately to increased retail tariffs for such calls. Mobile phone WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS Media Telecoms Roaming ROAMING Providers: As of the withdrawal date the United Kingdom becomes a third country for the purposes of EU rules on roaming. Providers of roaming services to roaming customers operating in the EU: 1) will no longer benefit, when requesting wholesale roaming access, from the obligation of mobile network operators operating in the United Kingdom to meet all reasonable requests for providing wholesale roaming access. 2) will no longer benefit from the EU rules on maximum wholesale roaming charges that visited network operators operating in the United Kingdom may charge for the provision of wholesale roaming services within the EU. Mobile phone WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS Media Telecoms Roaming Roaming Customers: As of the withdrawal date roaming customers of roaming providers operating in the EU: 1) will no longer benefit from the retail obligation of their roaming provider not to levy any surcharge in addition to the domestic retail price on them for the use in the United Kingdom of roaming services (calls made or received, SMS messages sent and data services), subject to fair use. 2) will continue to benefit from the transparency obligations laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 531/2012 (voice and SMS) and Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 531/2012 (data services) when travelling to the United Kingdom. Mobile phone WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS