T-Mobile Reducing EU Roaming Charges
T-Mobile today announced that from July 1st it will cut roaming data charges. Reduction is substantial, from current £7.50 per 1MB, price will drop to £1.50, which is 80% reduction! This is good news for business travellers, who are required to travel extensively within EU and need constant access to email.
CEO of T-Mobile Jim Hyde said:
“This substantial cut in European roaming charges signals our commitment to make mobile use overseas much more affordable and flexible. We have seen a growing demand to access the internet and make calls while traveling outside the UK. We are staying true to our reputation for providing exceptional value by introducing transparent and flexible tariffs for roaming that go a long way to leveling the cost of using your mobile at home and abroad.”
“We’ve been working hard to drive efficiencies in our business in order to pass these savings on to our customers in a number of ways. These latest measures will allows our customers the confidence to use the internet and make calls as they would at home. This is no longer the domain of the prolific business user. Occasional users who have relied on local phone services to call family and friends back home now have the freedom to use their mobiles without fear of the financial consequences. With one in four new contract customers signing on for Mobile Broadband and our user numbers expected to quadruple in 2008, we have taken timely action to remove the single biggest constraint for the growing number of people who rely on mobile internet access while travelling in Europe for business or pleasure.”
Also price for sending text messages will be reduced from 40p a message to 25p. This change will take effect from 30th August. T-Mobile is planning to introduce special roaming bundles from 1st August, called Euro Holiday Boosters.
The Euro Holiday Boosters will include the following bundles:
• £5 - Gives £7.50 of allowance that can be used on minutes or texts or any combination of the two
• £10 - Gives £15.00 of allowance that can be used on minutes or texts or any combination of the two
• £20 - Gives £30.00 of allowance that can be used on minutes or texts or any combination of the two
• £30 - Gives £45.00 of allowance that can be used on minutes or texts or any combination of the two
Good initiative by T-Mobile, which follows recent unpopular increase in charges for calls to 08xx numbers. You can about that here.
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