8 Amendments of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2011/0187(COD)
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Customers living in border regions should not suffer from unnecessarily high phone bills due to inadvertent roaming charges. Measures should therefore be established creating a transitional zone in border areas where consumers pay a standard rate independent of the nationality of the network. These zones should be as broad as 10 kilometres on both sides of the borders.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) Similarly, to solve inadvertent roaming charges home providers should be obliged to provide a sufficiently powerful signal in areas where coverage is weak.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70 a (new)
Recital 70 a (new)
(70a) Concerning border regions, mobile operators should provide their customers with better information on how to avoid inadvertent roaming charges.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. With effect from 1 July 2012, home providers operating within a border region shall establish a transitional tariff zone for calls where consumers pay a standard rate independent of the nationality of the available network. Transitional tariffs for calls shall not exceed domestic rates. These zones shall be as broad as 10 kilometers on both sides of the borders.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. With effect from 1 July 2012, home providers operating within a border region shall establish a transitional tariff zone for SMS services where consumers pay a standard rate independent of the nationality of the available network. Transitional SMS tariffs shall not exceed domestic rates. These zones shall be as broad as 10 kilometers on both sides of the borders.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. With effect from 1 July 2012, home providers operating within a border region shall establish a transitional tariff zone for data communication services where consumers pay a standard rate independent of the nationality of the available network. Transitional data communication tariffs shall not exceed domestic rates. These zones shall be as broad as 10 kilometers on both sides of the borders.
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Home providers shall provide all users with full information on how to avoid inadvertent roaming charges.
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where appropriate, home providers shall inform their customers, before the conclusion of a contract and on a regular basis thereafter, of the risk of automatic and uncontrolled data roaming connection and download. Furthermore, home providers shall explain to their customers, in a clear and easily understandable manner, how to switch off these automatic data roaming connections in order to avoid uncontrolled consumption of data roaming services and inadvertent roaming in border regions.