Rome if you want to. That's the message coming from the EU this week as the block's new mobile roaming regulations come into effect.

I'm James Panicki, Mlex's Brussels managing editor.

And these new laws took hold in Europe today. And we're recording this podcast on Thursday, June the 15th.

They're supposed to allow EU users of mobile devices to cross national borders and roam like at home.

That's a catchphrase that we're hearing a lot at the moment.

Rome like at home.

In other words, you should be able to go on holiday in another European country and download data and use mobile phone connections

without facing the heartbreak of returning home to a massive bill from your provider.

And we all know that crossing borders without batting an eyelid is exactly what the EU is supposed

to be about. It was meant to be a good news story, but Emlex's chief telecoms correspondent,

Magnus Franklin, isn't buying that narrative narrative in his analysis of the new rules.

Magnus argues that whatever the new policies merits, lawmakers are likely to have to return to the

drawing board at some stage very soon to fix some of the problems of the new model.

Magnus, it's always a pleasure to talk roaming with you. Thank you very much for taking the time.

Hello, James. And now you're arguing that with you. Thank you very much for taking the time. Hello, James.

And now you're arguing that lobbyists are already gearing up for what you're calling roaming mark five, and we'll get on to that in just a moment. But first, just walk us through it.

The EU says that the end of roaming is good news for consumers. What's your take on this?

Absolutely. I mean, it's not a complete fraud.

I mean, there's going to be thousands of people going, millions of people going on holiday the summer

who won't be able to, you know, won't have to worry about what they're shunning out on their

YouTube videos and Facebook updates and Instagram uploads and so on, which is

great news. I mean a lot of people will benefit. I wouldn't say that everyone will, but

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