elektroonilise side teenus, millega mobiiltelefoniteenuse osutaja võimaldab oma kliendil kasutada mobiiltelefoniteenust teises mobiiltelefonivõrgus
use by mobile telecommunications subscribers of a mobile telephone or other device to make or to receive calls or to send or receive SMS messages or packet switched data communications on a visited network (i.e. outside the territory covered by their own provider's network)
the ability to make and receive calls on a mobile telephone network other than the one with which the mobile is registered and using the same telephone number. In the global system for mobile communication, international roaming is possible.
On 1 December 1997 the Council invited the Commission to submit, by early 1998, a proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision which would enable orientations to be established on the substance of the issue and facilitate, within the existing Community legal framework, the early licensing of UMTS services and, if appropriate and on the basis of the existing allocation of competences, in respect of coordinated allocation of frequencies in the Community and pan-European roaming.
Operation in one seamless environment including full roaming with GSM as well as between the terrestrial and satellite components of UMTS networks.