Vodafone UK Abolishes Roaming Charges for Summer

hulldj · Post by **hulldj** » Thu 14th May 2009 07:18 pm

Vodafone UK Abolishes Roaming Charges for Summer and Permanently Cuts the Price Of Calling Abroad from the UK

14 May 2009

From June 1, pay as you go and pay monthly consumer customers can talk, text and send picture messages from over 35 countries across Europe this summer for the same price as at home
From May 15, calls from the UK to friends and family overseas from as little as 5 pence per minute
Businesses also benefit from cost savings on roaming

Vodafone UK is abolishing roaming charges this summer and bringing in great value prices for international calls, making it easier for customers to phone home while abroad and make calls abroad from the UK. There are cost savings for business customers too.

From 1 June to the end of August, Vodafone Pay as you Go and Pay Monthly customers will be able to call, text and send picture messages to friends and family back home from over 35 countries knowing that it will cost exactly the same as if they were in the UK. For example, a customer on a plan with 600 minutes and unlimited texts who opts in to Vodafone Passport would use these minutes and texts when they are on holiday with no extra charges.

Existing Vodafone Passport customers automatically benefit from the three month promotion. From May 15, customers who don’t currently use Vodafone Passport can sign up for free by texting the word ‘Passport’ to 97888 if they pay monthly or to 2345 if they use Pay as you go , or they can visit vodafone.co.uk/roaming.

In addition, from May 15, Vodafone Pay as you go customers on the Simply tariff, will find that calls they make from the UK to friends and family overseas will be even better value. International calls will cost from as little as 5p per minute to both landlines and mobiles. Customers can opt in to the new Vodafone International call plan by calling 36888 or texting the word ‘international’ to 2345 from their handset, visiting vodafone.co.uk/international or speaking to an adviser in one of Vodafone’s 400 stores.

“These are two great value offers for our customers this summer. With our Vodafone Passport promotion you can sit on the beach with your phone switched on knowing you can take and make a call just as you would if you were in your back garden,” says Ian Shepherd consumer director for Vodafone UK. “Vodafone International is good news for the millions of UK pay as you go customers as they can now make calls to family and friends around the world from just 5p.”

Reducing the cost of roaming for businesses

Vodafone UK business customers on Anytime or Your Plan price plans will also benefit from the same three month Vodafone Passport promotion from June 1. Customers on these plans and already on Vodafone Passport will automatically qualify for the promotion. Non Vodafone Passport customers can opt in by calling their account manager or visiting www.vodafone.co.uk/businessroaming for further information.

Notes to editors:

Countries included in the Vodafone Passport summer promotion: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Channel Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroes, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Vatican City, New Zealand, Australia.

Vodafone Passport promotion does not include mobile internet.

hulldj · Post by **hulldj** » Thu 14th May 2009 07:19 pm

Source

http://www.vodafone.com/start/media_rel ... _evt=click

hulldj · Post by **hulldj** » Thu 14th May 2009 07:30 pm

No USA or Canada on the list but for us this side of the pond it will save loads of money on calls.

You can get a Vodafone sim card, add a £10 freedom pack, add Vodafone passport, maybe add Vodafone international and get 100 minutes and 300 texts to back home or to talk to your mates whilst in the Dam. No more big bills!!

evergrey1968 · Post by **evergrey1968** » Fri 15th May 2009 05:25 pm

Typical, am on bloody O2 !

hulldj · Post by **hulldj** » Mon 25th May 2009 01:05 am

Free Voda sims here

https://www.v-store.co.uk/index.cfm?go= ... ms.details

redeyed · Post by **redeyed** » Mon 25th May 2009 11:13 am

Read bout this on another forum last week and they were saying that still get charged for receiving calls abroad (19p methinks) but no charge if ringing txting home

hulldj · Post by **hulldj** » Thu 28th May 2009 12:42 am

redeyed wrote:Read bout this on another forum last week and they were saying that still get charged for receiving calls abroad (19p methinks) but no charge if ringing txting home

Only charged 20p per min after the first 60 mins of receiving call so you just need to hang up and call back

redeyed · Post by **redeyed** » Thu 28th May 2009 01:17 am

Nothing like having something cleared up.Me and the mrs were jus arguing bout this.Thanks for postin!

(hehe I was right)

hulldj · Post by **hulldj** » Thu 28th May 2009 02:52 am

/anytime...

hulldj · Post by **hulldj** » Mon 1st Jun 2009 02:27 pm

However, Data charges are still extortional!!

Picked up some more info on Bitterwallet -

http://www.bitterwallet.com/roam-if-you-want-to/12543