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Vodafone will ease roaming confusion
MOBILE OPERATOR Vodafone UK has set out plans to reduce the confusion around international and roaming call charges by halving the number of zones it uses.
At the moment, if you're a Vodafone customer trying to figure out how much making or receiving a call is going to cost you when you're abroad, you need to know which one of the six zones you are in, whether or not you're connected to a preferred operator and what the phase of the moon is.
From 14 January 2010 this will be reduced to just three zones - namely Europe, USA/Canada and Rest of World - and Vodafone has scrapped preferred and non-preferred network charging.
"Our business customers tell us that when working overseas, staying in touch with colleagues and customers is essential," said Peter Kelly, enterprise director at Vodafone UK.
"But if they do not travel often enough to justify a roaming package on their price plan, the current zone structure can be confusing."
The new price structure is as follows:
Comparing the new table of charges to Vodafone's existing price structure, international and roaming calls should also work out a bit cheaper for those not already on one of the company's specific roaming plans. The biggest saving seems to be for those calls made and received while roaming in the US, which are down from 125p and 99p per minute to 90p and 75p respectively.
There are no details about text message charges, but we're hoping they follow the same principle. In terms of data, Vodafone offers a per day data roaming charge - the only UK network to do so - with European pricing start from £5 per day on a mobile for up to 25MB and £10 for 50MB on a laptop across Europe.
Of course all of this only applies to business customers, so there is no indication that regular joes will get the same kind of clarity. µ
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Or get Orange Business £45/month for 1,100 minutes of euro calls inc mobiles.
Roaming charges apply, but if you're a UK based Euro-business then this is the best price plan I know of. You can phone all your contacts for only £45/month (£40+VAT).
Only available to business accounts, you can change a peronal account to business with a small amount of jiggery pokery.
While in USA just buy one of the $30 fliphones on the Net10 service. I couldn't find a cheaper deal. 5c a minute local, 10c for national and only 15c for international.
Net10 - 15c to phone UK from USA on a mobile. For business travellers it makes sense financially.
I am surprised that Vodafone made a US/Canada region but not a Singapore and Australia region, the call costs are around the same.
For inter union calls the price is more reasonable because the commission has set the standard, for everywhere else vodaphone is still indulging in highway robbery. This is what they are selling as an improvement?