Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-05-10-Speech-4-373-468"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-05-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"lt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120510.69.4-373-468"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-05-10-Speech-4-373-4842
lpv:speaker	lp:Juozas Imbrasas2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; EFD (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; TRAN (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2012-02-15--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partija Tvarka ir teisingumas (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"I voted in favour of a regulation on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union because most Europeans turn off their mobile phones when abroad, fearful of receiving a huge bill when they get home because this is what often happens when using a mobile phone abroad. Only 19% (the minority) of those who use their mobile phone to surf the Internet while abroad believe that roaming charges for data transport are acceptable. According to the Commission, the average cost per megabyte is currently more than EUR 2, but can, in extreme cases, be as much as EUR 12. This sorry state of affairs is largely due to the fact that there is still not enough competition on the roaming market. Excessive roaming tariffs and the consequent low level of use of roaming services within the EU are neither in the interests of European consumers nor the European economy. This development is incompatible with the fundamental idea of a European digital single market. This proposal for a regulation is therefore intended to rectify this situation. In its 2010 Digital Agenda for Europe, the Commission set the objective of bringing roaming tariffs into line with those for domestic mobile services by 2015. In addition to the planned structural measures, further efforts are needed to ensure transparency. Above all, there is a need for understandable information on the new options and tariffs now available to customers as a result of the decoupling measure. In future, roaming contracts should be set out in a clear and straightforward manner."@en1

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