roaming charges
RSS roaming chargesO2 reveals how much a new iPhone will cost
News O2's pay-monthly tariffs for the iPhone include the operator's International Traveller Service, which gives discounts on some charges while roaming across different countries. O2 has announced its UK... [09 Jun 2009]
3 roaming charges back from their holiday
News The mobile operator 3 is to reinstate its roaming surcharges, just as rival Vodafone drops its equivalent charges for the summer. The operator has offered no explanation as to why the... [19 May 2009]
Vodafone gives roaming charges a summer holiday
News Vodafone is to temporarily drop its voice, SMS and picture message roaming charges across 35 countries over the summer, the operator announced on Thursday. As to why data-roaming... [14 May 2009]
'Yes' vote for roaming text message price cap
News The new rules, which will come into force on 1 July, also call for voice-roaming charges to drop further, beyond the caps that were brought into force in 2007. The data-roaming figure is... [23 Apr 2009]
Europe gives nod to €1 price cap for data roaming
News Roaming voice-call charges were already capped in 2007, with that cap being lowered to 46 cents per minute last August. Roaming text-message charges will be capped, from... [26 Mar 2009]
Cheaper texts abroad? European Parliament says 'yes'
News A proposal for a European Union cap on roaming charges for text messages and data use on mobile phones has moved closer to reality after passing a key committee vote. On data roaming,... [12 Mar 2009]
Social networks will help your business, says Brussels
News In July 2007 the Commission warned mobile operators they could be forced to cut data-roaming charges. Reding said it was "crucial" to release spectrum for high-speed wireless internet and added that the... [05 Feb 2009]
Viviane Reding
AS Profile Last year the panel lauded her role in cutting mobile roaming costs for Europe's consumers. This is a cause she has continued to champion throughout 2008, warning operators at the start of the year they must make... [07 Oct 2008]
Europe-wide wireless broadband on the way
News It follows calls by the European Commission yesterday to cut mobile data roaming charges in Europe. EU politicians have backed measures to help create a wireless broadband service that could work across... [24 Sep 2008]
EC calls for more cuts on the cost to roam
News The European Commission is pushing for further cuts to roaming charges in Europe. The Commission on Tuesday proposed that charges for roaming text messages be slashed by... [24 Sep 2008]
Consumer price fears hamper mobile internet
News The MDA suggests mobile data usage will continue to grow as mobile operators offer increasingly inclusive tariffs combined with lower roaming charges. Mobile internet is in need of a boost from operators... [29 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Roaming charges have already drained the wallets of mobile customers too much, especially the 77 per cent of young people who send texts while using their mobile abroad. The EC says the 2.5 billion text... [16 Jul 2008]
T-Mobile UK slashes Euro data roaming costs
News T-Mobile has announced it is reducing roaming charges by 80 per cent for consumers from 1 July - cutting the cost of downloading a megabyte of data via a mobile, USB dongle or data card from £7.50 to £1.50. [20 Jun 2008]
Women told: Tech isn't 'boring'
News The European Commission's (EC) commissioner for information society and media, and ambassador against rip-off roaming charges, Viviane Reding, has set her sights on debunking geeky IT stereotypes which... [07 Mar 2008]
Photos: Behind the scenes at Mobile World Congress 2008
Photo Photo credit: Natasha Lomas and stands on stairs in the foyer outside to reply to a journalist's question on data roaming charges. The industry has until 1 July to voluntarily reduce... [18 Feb 2008]
