Roaming free Western Balkans from July 1 2021!

ROAMING COSTS: ZERO between Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

REGIONAL ROAMING AGREEMENT: signed in April, 2019. Total disappearance of roaming means that the region will be digitally integrated in Europe.

COMMON REGIONAL MARKET AGENDA: The roaming free WB and lowering roaming prices with the EU is in line with the goals of the Regional Market agenda.

NEXT STEPS: To reduce roaming charges between WB and the EU. Full commitment of all involved stakeholders is needed (telecom operators, technical support, political will).

This visualization is available in English, Macedonian, Albanian, Serbian and Montenegrin language.

This visualization is part of the project Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Agenda – ICEDA, co-funded by the European Union.

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This visualization was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the ICEDA partners and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.

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