The dropping of roaming charges within the European Union is the beginning of a new era of freedom of borderless communications, commented the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during the "Without Roaming" solemn ceremony, which took place within the European Digital Assembly. The event is being held within the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Valletta and has involved more than 700 representatives of governments, public organizations and companies.
Throughout the negotiation process, the government's goal was to prevent losses for national mobile service providers and to offset them against the national tariff plans. The abolition of roaming charges is the base of the EU's Digital single market and is a new step towards building a single and sustainable European digital society accessible to all European residents.