The European Parliament has voted to scrap mobile phone roaming fees when you're using your phone abroad. ... And besides, GhettoIFE looks great on your phone... ;) Over the past few years roaming fees have dropped considerably within the EU border areas resulting in lower costs for consumers to use their mobile phones abroad. This is now extends from voice calls and text … [Read more...]
Mobile Phone Roaming is expensive… as one person found out to the tune of £3,800…
For a lot of people, the one essential item you pack as well as clothes, money and passport is your friend or foe - the mobile phone. This device can be a friend or foe depending how you use it, and when travelling aboard - the costs can mount up quickly. Within the European Economic Area, there are rules and regulations which govern the maximum cost of data, calls and … [Read more...]
European Mobile Phone Roaming to fall again
In what can be described as some good news, European mobile phone operators are being forced by the European Union to lower the amounts they charge for roaming within the EU area. This year as well as the price of voice and text going down, Data prices will be going down The new prices go into effect tomorrow on the 1st July 2013: Service Summer 2012 … [Read more...]
O2 to increase international roaming prices outside the EU
For those of you on the O2 network in the United Kingdom who roam beyond the European Union, prepare to dig deeper into your pockets if you want to use your phone beyond the boundary of the European Union. If you're roaming in the following countries, you charges shoot up from 81p/minute to £1.50, whilst receiving a call goes up 52p to £1.25 Albania, Bosnia and … [Read more...]
