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  • Orange makes data roaming more affordable. Phones, Mobile Phones, Orange, Roaming, Tariffs,  0

    Orange makes data roaming more affordable

    £3 for 30MB a day 15 July 2011 12:32 GMT

    Just in time for the summer holiday season, Orange has announced new EU data roaming plans that make web browsing whilst you're travelling around a bit more affordable.

    Notice how we didn't say cheap. And that's because £3 for 30MB isn't exactly...

  • Which? finds roaming data costs 1000 times higher than UK. Tablets, Roaming, Online, data, Which? 0

    Which? finds roaming data costs 1000 times higher than UK

    Uncovers overseas web costs 21 April 2011 11:49 GMT

    If you're thinking of taking your new tablet abroad with you this summer you might want to think again as a Which? report suggests that you could be paying up to 1000 times more for 3G internet use abroad. All in all it's not looking like a great news...

  • Tech deals: Three international call pricing discounted. Phones, Tariffs, Three, Roaming, Daily Tech Deal,  0

    Tech deals: Three international call pricing discounted

    Phone home, for less 3 December 2010 13:00 GMT

    Three has just announced that its PAYG customers will now reap the benefits from price reductions when calling friends and family abroad.

    Three has cut the prices of calling international mobiles and landlines, with calls starting at just...

  • Vodafone ups its data roaming game

    Vodafone ups its data roaming game

    Revised plans in time for your Christmas break 29 November 2010 11:31 GMT

    Vodafone has announced a couple of changes to its EU mobile roaming plans, making it cheaper for you to check your email and tweet away whilst you're on the Continent.

    The Vodafone Day Traveller plan means that you'll get 25MB per day of data...

  • EU puts a cap on when roaming in the sun

    EU puts a cap on when roaming in the sun

    Limit to data charges and call cost reductions now in place 1 July 2010 15:04 GMT

    Quick, book your flight - international roaming just got (a little bit) cheaper. As well as a cap of €50 (about £41-ish) on data charges, the cost of calls whilst abroad has also fallen due to an EU directive which is now in place.

    The...

  • Calling home

    Overseas phone use - which mobile network is best?

    How to take the roam with purpose 24 June 2010 12:28 GMT

    You can have the world's best contract with any of the UK mobile networks but all of them are going to charge you huge amounts of money the minute you start using your mobile phone abroad.

    Sadly, it's not their fault, per se, but the fact that...

  • Vodafone revamps data roaming costs. Phones, Vodafone, Data, Roaming, 3G 0

    Vodafone revamps data roaming costs

    There's good news for footie fans going to South Africa as well 14 May 2010 14:32 GMT

    Vodafone has revealed set data roaming plans for its customers who want to access data on their phones from abroad. From June 15, customers will pay £1 per MB for the first 5MBs in Europe, and £5 per 5MB after that, and £3 per MB for the first 5MBs...

  • Tech deals: Virgin Media offers EU Internet on the cheap

    Tech deals: Virgin Media offers EU Internet on the cheap

    Broadband abroad 23 February 2010 13:00 GMT

    If you're a Brit travelling in Europe and enjoy the odd bit of surfing (we're talking the internet kind not the  wave) then it could be music to your ears that Virgin Media has a new set of mobile internet and mobile broadband "EU Travel Passes" available.

  • Vodafone cheap roaming offer ending soon

    Vodafone cheap roaming offer ending soon

    Book a last-minute deal of some sort, quick! 21 August 2009 13:00 GMT

    Vodafone has announced that its summer cheap roaming deal is coming to an end, and that you've only got two more weekends to take advantage before the promotion finishes on 31 August.

    The network says that over 2.5 million Vodafone Passport...

  • O2 admits to roaming issues

    O2 admits to roaming issues

    More problems for O2 customers 24 July 2009 17:25 GMT

    At the end of a bad week for O2, the Telefonica-owned operator has had to admit to more problems its customers are currently facing.

    It appears that O2 customers abroad at the moment are experiencing a loss of service. In a statement O2...

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    Vodafone offers business roaming deal

    £20 per person, per month 7 July 2009 14:50 GMT

    If you're a business with employees that regularly flit around Europe, incurring vast mobile roaming bills, then you might be interested in the latest announcement from Vodafone.

    For a £20 flat fee, per person, per month, Vodafone will charge...

  • Vodafone offers international

    Vodafone offers international "Super SIMs"

    "Great value when calling friends or family worldwide" 6 July 2009 10:45 GMT

    Vodafone has announced what it says are the first international SIM-only deals in the UK, with the claim they give customers "great value when calling friends or family worldwide".

    The new "International Super SIMs" offers international calls...

  • Roaming charges are

    Roaming charges are "untapped market", says Acision

    62% of consumers have no idea what international calls cost 1 July 2009 10:09 GMT

    Messaging company Acision has published research which indicates that 75% of consumers believe they're being overcharged when they use their phone abroad.

    2000 phone users were surveyed in June 2009, and 62% of those admitted that they were...

  • Vodafone reveals mobile internet roaming charges

    Vodafone reveals mobile internet roaming charges

    The end to download bill horror stories? 30 June 2009 15:44 GMT

    Following the news that the operator has abolished roaming charges for Vodafone "Passport" customers, Vodafone has laid out its mobile internet roaming charges for the summer, claiming much better clarity.

    Both business and consumer customers...

  • Vodafone ditches European roaming charges

    Vodafone ditches European roaming charges

    Calling the world gets cheaper too 14 May 2009 8:27 GMT

    Vodafone has announced that it is abolishing roaming charges for calls made from abroad for its pay as you go and its Anytime or Your Plan customers, albeit only for the summer.

    From 1 June, pay as you go and pay monthly customers can talk,...

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