Purpose -The purpose of the paper is to review the progress made with the EU Roaming Regulation and to identify policy options from the review that the EC must now undertake.Design/methodology/approach -The paper presents a review of the development of the two regulations, of the market developments in the EU and beyond, and an identification of the policy and regulatory options.Findings -The new Commission is constrained by the decision not to use a competition law approach and the lack of a robust market definition, and thus a further period of price controls seems unavoidable.Research limitations/implications -Key documents and data are not available, making analysis of certain constraints and revenue flows between operators impossible to evaluate.Practical implications -The EC will have to craft a new set of price controls and develop a pathway towards the use of the directives to regulate roaming charges.Originality/value -The paper is a first attempt to identify options and constraints for the future regulation of international mobile roaming charges.