Equally, there should be no obstacles to the emergence of applications or technologies which can be a substitute for, or alternative to, roaming services, such as WiFi, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Instant Messaging services.

The SMTP mail exchange shall use the VIS infrastructure, which includes national interfaces and the sTESTA network, and shall be based on national mail servers exchanging messages via a central mail relay infrastructure.

For electronic mail, voice mail, Electronic Data Interchange: unboundPL: for telecommunications services provided using cable television and radio network services: unbound(2)BG: for electronic mail, voice mail, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): unboundPL: for telecommunications services provided using cable television and radio network services: unbound(3)BG: for facsimile services: only through the use of the international network of BTC Ltd. For Leased circuit services: sale and lease of capacity of leased circuits is not allowed.

1. To alert a roaming customer to the fact that he will be subject to roaming charges when making or receiving a call, each home provider shall, except when the customer has notified his home provider that he does not require this service, provide the customer, automatically by means of a Message Service, without undue delay and free of charge, when he enters a Member State other than that of his home network, with basic personalised pricing information on the roaming charges (including VAT) that apply to the making and receiving of calls by that customer in the visited Member State.

It claims that this network gives public postal service an unfair advantage when delivering courier services that are in competition with the private sector.

Since 1987, there has been an electronic Community network on customs fraud in those areas under Community jurisdiction (levy of customs duties, preferential arrangements, etc.) The network, known as SCENT (System Customs Enforcement Network), is primarily a message-handling system designed to facilitate the circulation of information as part of the cooperation between customs administrations.