No EU roaming fees from mid-2017, internet to remain neutral

Mobile roaming fees will be abolished in the European Union starting with June 2017 after lawmakers reached an agreement on Tuesday morning following 12-hour long talks. In line with the the new regulations, EU citizens will pay the same prices across all 28-member states. Charges have been slowly decreasing over the years and will decline further in April 2016. EU lawmakers have been working on this project since 2007. What is more, EU members agreed on so-called net neutrality rules, which will forbid internet providers from blocking or slowing down access to particular content, services and applications. "Every European must be able to have access to the open internet and all content and service providers must be able to provide their services via a high-quality open Internet," the European Commission said in a statement. In addition, firms would not be able to pay for prioritization of their traffic on the internet.