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Vodafone has launched 5G for people who would rather do without a contract, and there’s now an unlimited data option too. Customers who already have, or intend to buy, a SIM-free 5G phone can now take advantage of 5G on…
READ MORE Vodafone launches 5G pay as you go service, with unlimited data option and free 5G roaming
O2 has announced a completely new range of Flexible Refresh tariffs to their pay-monthly offering. Flexible plans are available across all handsets and tablets. Data allowances ranging from 1 to 50GB will, on selected tariffs with roaming included, be accompanied…
READ MORE O2 launches new flexible refresh plans with worldwide roaming included
First of all, let me say that I really like Three for everything it has done to shake up the market over the years. And when Feel at Home launched, I was one of the many customers who could save a…
READ MORE Sort it out Three: Using data abroad feels nothing like at home! [Updated June 18th 2017]
I’ve certainly been rather outspoken about the limitations of Three’s Feel at Home scheme for the last year or so, but there is some good news. Next month sees the addition of 24 new destinations where you can enjoy calls, texts and…
Whether we’re leaving the EU one day or not, it isn’t slowing the industry from stepping up the competition when it comes to European roaming. This time, it’s the turn of EE to shake things up – big time. Three kicked things off…
Three has unveiled brand-new Essentials plans. The cynic in me wonders if this is a sign of things to come (namely that one day the current ‘Advanced’ plans may be phased out, or made a lot more expensive), but the…
From July 14th 2016 O2 is extending its O2 Travel service, which gives fixed-price daily roaming in Europe, to 30 new destinations beyond Europe. This means that the £1.99 daily charge for access to ‘unlimited’* data, 120 minutes of calls…
READ MORE O2 updates Travel service with new non-European destinations
For many years the EU has been slowly reducing the cost of using your phone within the EU. From June 15th 2017, it should become no more expensive than using your phone in the UK. But this isn’t about that, but rather a…
READ MORE [Updated] When in roam: What are your best options for data roaming right now?
On another recent trip to Sweden, I decided to again test out roaming in a video that compares the experience between EE, Vodafone and Three. This time I used the nPerf app, which does a lot more than just normal speed testing….
READ MORE Another day, another roaming test. Has Three fixed Feel at Home yet?
Earlier this week, I brought up the subject of using data abroad not being like using data at home as a Three customer. I am so happy to have received many comments on my site, and on Twitter, from people who have the exact…
READ MORE Three admits it slows data for roamers, so where do we go from here?
It’s finally going to happen, after a number of hurdles and delays that nearly made it look like it would never happen. But, at last, the EU will soon be treated ‘as one’ for mobile phone users who live within the…
READ MORE Roaming charges within the EU to be axed July 2017 (finally!)
Feel at Home, the service that allows Three customers to roam in selected countries and only pay the same rates as at home, has resulted in a staggering £1.3bn in roaming charges being saved since its introduction two years ago. This…
READ MORE Three users save £1.3 billion by ‘feeling at home’ abroad
It might not be free like the offerings from Three and ID Mobile, but Vodafone is increasing the number of countries where you can bring your minutes, texts, and data, to over 60 destinations from June 15th. Vodafone is also…
READ MORE Vodafone boosts Euro and World Traveller roaming destinations in time for summer
Vodafone has taken its EuroTraveller service and taken it worldwide. The rather obviously named WorldTraveller service offers the same ability to use your UK minutes, texts, and data for a daily £5 fee.
READ MORE Vodafone launches WorldTraveller; take UK bundles beyond Europe for £5 a day
As the summer holidays approach, Vodafone has announced today that pay as you go users can now benefit from its EuroTraveller service, for £2 per day, starting from 21st July.
READ MORE Vodafone brings EuroTraveller to pay as you go customers
Three has today added five new destinations for its Feel at Home offering, where users can avoid roaming charges by simply using their existing tariff, as if they were at home.
READ MORE Three expands Feel at Home destinations, including France, Switzerland and Israel
