Mobile Phones
Setback for EU cap on mobile roaming fees
Arguments have stalled a European Parliament vote on price caps for mobile roaming charges. After two days of negotiations, disagreement remains over the levels of the price caps as well as whether customers should automatically receive the new rates or have to actively sign up to them.
Postponement of European Parliament vote on mobile roaming charges
With the European Parliament vote on mobile roaming charges postponed by two weeks as the three voting EU governing bodies cannot agree on a compromise deal, Chris Frost, Mobile Phone Expert at independent price comparison and switching service uSwitch.com, comments:
Pay Less As You Go with 3
3 today announces changes to its Pay As You Go tariff which will give customers great value and even greater flexibility, allowing them to reduce the price of their calls to friends and family on any network, at any time, to as little as 5p per minute. This makes it the cheapest any network any time call rate available from any UK mobile network on Pay As You Go.
Britons set to ‘call time’ on roaming charges
With the EU having voted on plans to reduce the roaming costs of using a mobile phone abroad, SimplySwitch.com, the price comparison service, reveals over a staggering three quarters (77%) of British mobile owners, 33.9 million people, don’t know how much they currently pay for making or receiving calls abroad.
uSwitch.com: True extent of mobile roaming charges
Ahead of today’s European Parliament vote on the European Commission’s proposal to cap mobile roaming charges, research from price comparison and switching service uSwitch.com reveals the true attitudes Brits abroad have on packing their mobile phones.
3 offers freedom to everyone
X-Series success sees launch of £5 unlimited mobile internet use for all - freedom to keep in touch by IM or e-mail away from your laptop or PC.
Roaming charges spiral out of control
The 4.8 million UK holidaymakers jetting off to Europe and the USA this Easter could still mean big business for mobile phone providers, as roaming charges remain some of the highest in Europe.
Moneysupermarket.com: Ofcom’s announcement on mobile phone charges
Commenting on the announcement that Ofcom has ordered mobile phone firms to cut cross network connection charges, Rob Barnes, head of mobile phones at moneysupermarket.com said:
New ceiling on mobile phone connection charges
Chris Frost, Telecoms Expert at independent price comparison and switching service uSwitch.com, comments: “Ofcom today announced new charge controls limiting the amount that mobile network operators (MNOs) are able to charge other telephone companies for connecting calls on their mobile networks.
Mobile roaming fees set to fall 70% under EU deal
The cost of ringing home from Europe on a mobile phone could be capped at 30p a minute following an ‘agreement in principle’ by EU telecoms ministers.
3 comments on EU's renewed pressure to cut roaming charges
3 welcomes the EU’s push to reduce wholesale costs to a more reasonable level as this will mean we can then pass these reductions onto our customers.
moneysupermarket.com: Proposed EU mobile phone roaming charge cap
Commenting on the announcement that Viviane Reding the EU Commissioner for Information, Society and Media, has told mobile phone network operators to reduce roaming charges, Rob Barnes, head of mobile phones at moneysupermarket.com said:
Is ‘free’ the way forward for the mobile phone market?
Today’s full year results from Telefónica S.A show O2 UK report fourth quarter net service revenue up 13.7% year on year and for the eleven months to 31December reach a total of £3.9 billion, an increase of 14.7 % compared to the same period last year.
The cost of ‘mobile’ ignorance
Despite the fact that mobile phones have become an essential part of modern day life, many people have little idea of how much they are paying or even which call plan they are on.
T-Mobile and Vodafone mobile customers are the biggest wasters
Almost a thousand text messages and 20 hours of voice minutes unused each year by each mobile user.