Roaming tariffs between Moldova and Romania to be cut

Chisinau, 9 February /MOLDPRES/ - The government today approved the starting of negotiations and the signing of the agreement between the governments of Moldova and Romania on the cutting of tariffs for supplying international  roaming services and of services of international calls between the two states, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.    

The agreement establishes more accessible prices for the roaming services, paid by the users who travel between the two states, as well as for ordinary international calls between Moldova and Romania.  

Thus, uses will be able to benefit from more measures of regulation, as follows: the tariffs will decrease at least ten-fold for calls made in roaming from Romania to Moldova; no tariff will be imposed for the calls received in roaming from Moldova to Romania; the tariffs will drop at least five-fold for the services of Internet used in roaming in Romania.  

Depending on the packages from which subscribers of Moldova benefit, the tariffs’ decrease might be even higher.   

The agreement’s enforcement will contribute to the increase in the volume of services consumed by users, who have earlier not used them, because of the price regarded as excessive. Also, the business and tourism, as well as the communication between the citizens of Moldova and Romania will grow.

The document also stipulates that the reduction of retail tariffs of supply on market of international roaming services and of the services for international calls between the two states will be carried out in a term of 3 months after the date of the entrance into force of the agreement at the latest.  

Romania represents the principal country where Moldovan users consume roaming services, about two times more against the roaming volume in Ukraine, which is the second destination for roaming services according to its importance. Moldova’s users consumer almost a half of the roaming services within travels to the European Union in networks from Romania. 

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