3UK’s new european roaming charges – 25p/min?

By on July 18, 2007 in Operators

Got a note in from an SMS Text News reader this afternoon who confidently asserts that 3UK are about to announce the following roaming price update tomorrow:

3 are reducing europe roaming charges from 30th August: -
25p/min to make a call abroad
10p/min to receive a call aboad
25p/text to send a text whilst abroad
No charge to receive a text abroad

If that’s anywhere near accurate, it’ll certainly position 3UK as the cheapest mobile operator bar none.

That would mean that my 103 minute call to 3UK customer services from Geneva last year would have only cost about £25 down from the £89 I paid.

The reader also reports that 3UK are about to introduce data roaming for GPRS & MMS to over 40 countries. About sodding time. The absence of this has really been winding me up.

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  • http://cherrybyte.blogspot.com Nigel Jones

    30 August. Nice. Just after many people have been on their hols…

    Fortunately we also have O2 mobiles who will be the cheapest until then.

    And those prices are presumably Europe only. I’m guessing USA will remain very expensive.
    Text prices are no different.

  • zave

    “LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) – 3 UK, the British mobile phone business of Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa (0013.HK: Quote, Profile, Research), said on Thursday it would cut the cost of using a mobile phone abroad by up to 47 percent — below European regulatory caps.

    3 UK, the smallest of Britain’s five mobile phone network operators, said customers travelling within the European Union would pay 25 pence ($0.51) per minute to call fixed or mobile numbers at home and 10 pence per minute to receive calls.”

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