Tag: roaming
Will O2's simplified, data-friendly pay monthly tariffs affect the iPhone?
O2 today announced a new range of pay monthly tariffs for new and existing customers, offering improved data rates and simpler pricing.
We’ve already reported that many Brits only use their mobile for voice calls and texts, with a major reason being confusion over pricing, and O2’s own research backs this up.
“This industry is infamous for confusing consumers with the number and complexity of tariffs,” said Sally Cowdry, Marketing Director, O2 UK. You’re not wrong there.
Earn money when abroad using Noodle's international calls
A phone service which not only promises to save you money, but to make you money? Bah! Sounds like something Richard Branson dreamt once, and then chuckled to himself for 37 minutes upon waking up, before going back to bed for another sleep.
Yet, that’s what Noodle are promising to do for clients, by giving you a special Noodle number when you text them before you go abroad. When there, grab yourself a cheap local SIM card, contact Noodle and let them know that SIM card’s number, make your friends call you when sunning yourself by the pool…
Two weeks of international iPhone roaming cost… $3,000?!
Ouch. And double ouch. We’re more than used to outrageous international roaming rates here in Europe, but it seems US operator AT&T Wireless isn’t averse to making a few dollars from its travelling customers either.
Orange intro new European roaming rates
Orange has announced the launch of new European mobile roaming rates for its consumers. From 30th August 2007, it will cost 38p per minute to make a call while roaming, and 19p per minute to receive them – at least, in their “Europe 1” area.
Orange customers can check how much a call will cost while away, by texting “FROM [COUNTRY]” to 452 (PAYG) or 159 (Pay Monthly), and receiving a free-of-charge confirmation from Orange.
No doubt this new “transparency” on Orange’s part is in response to various initiatives by the EU and Germany to pull into line the high costs associated with mobile roaming abroad.
Ten sneaky ways the mobile operators will claw back their roaming revenues
Today sees the European Parliament voting on how much mobile roaming prices should be cut, following accusations that the mobile operators have been overcharging us for years – something that won’t be news to anyone who’s had to flog grandparents on eBay to pay a post-holiday phone bill.
Internet roaming – are you being ripped off?
Are you being ripped off for using the internet out and about? According to a new survey by Webaroo, you could be paying up to 28 times more for the your net access on the go, compared to the cost…
O2 to offer free incoming calls for users roaming in Europe
O2 have announced that, along with Movistar in Spain, they will offer incoming calls free of metered charges to customers roaming in 35 European countries. The "high roamer" service will allow customers to pay a £5 monthly fee which gets…
