Mobile phone roaming charges in EU: Brexit and the sad end of protection â so what next?: Ian McConnell PREMIUM The removal of roaming charges, part of the digital single market policy, was a huge step forward for consumers Picture: Getty Images MOBILE telecoms giant EE’s announcement last week that it would be reintroducing roaming charges for UK customers using their phones in European Union countries is a landmark moment for citizens of post-Brexit Britain. If you had to pick out one thing that had made travelling in Europe much easier in recent years, ahead of the coronavirus pandemic obviously, it might well have been the EU’s eradication from 2017 of roaming charges for citizens of member states when using mobile phones within the bloc. This removal of roaming charges, part of the digital single market policy, was a huge step forward for consumers.